Editing Recipe (section)

{{Short description|Instructions for preparing food}}
{{About|culinary recipes|a discussion of semiconductor IC recipes|Semiconductor fabrication}}
[[File:Backzutaten 041.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A recipe in a cookbook for pancakes with the prepared [[ingredient]]s]]
A '''recipe''' is a set of instructions that describes how to prepare or make something, especially a [[dish (food)|dish]] of prepared food. A '''sub-recipe''' or subrecipe is a recipe for an [[ingredient]] that will be called for in the instructions for the main recipe. Recipe books (also called [[cookbook]]s or cookery books) are a collection of recipes, help reflect [[cultural identity|cultural identities]] and social changes as well as serve as educational tools. <ref>{{Cite journal |date=2005 |title=Food Preparation: Cooking and Cooks |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400652615.ch-003 |journal=Food in Colonial and Federal America |pages=89–124 |doi=10.5040/9798400652615.ch-003|isbn=979-8-4006-5261-5 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>