Definition of

Recipe book

Doctor

A medical prescription indicates what remedies a patient should receive.

A prescription is a record of what a medical professional indicates should be given to a patient. The doctor, therefore, writes down in the prescription book what medications a patient should purchase or receive .

This is everything that the doctor notes that the patient should consume. In a hospital, the same term serves to describe the notebook or blank book in which these notes are located. The recipe book also serves to record how the person should ingest or apply the remedies, what type of diet they should follow and what the medical recommendations are regarding rest, care, etc.

Cooking recipe book

Cookbook, on the other hand, is the book that compiles various cooking recipes . These recipes consist of a description of the steps to follow to prepare a meal, also including the ingredients needed.

It is common for cooking recipes to be transmitted orally, passing from generation to generation. However, when it is compiled in a recipe book, its reach is multiplied. A recipe registered in a cookbook allows, on the other hand, a gastronomic preparation to remain over time , since its ingredients and preparation have been recorded.

For example: “My grandmother gave me a pasta recipe book so that I could specialize in Italian gastronomy,” “When I went to live alone, I started collecting recipes and put together my own recipe book with the foods that I like the most,” “The famous “The chef launched a new recipe book, focused on typical Japanese dishes.”

Gastronomy

A gastronomic recipe book informs the preparation of different meals.

Reasons for its creation

In some cases, recipe books are created around a kitchen appliance, as was the case at the time with the microwave, to make it easier for new customers to understand how it works and the possibilities it offered. Nowadays, thanks to the convenience that social networks offer us, recipe books can also be shared online with millions of people , which benefits the perfection of certain dishes and the solution of problems such as the lack of certain ingredients.

Another reason that can prompt the creation and distribution of a recipe book is an illness that prevents you from eating certain foods. People who do not have health problems of this type usually do not realize that for some, diet represents a real challenge, since they must necessarily avoid certain ingredients, which can have a negative economic impact but can also become a problem if stores They do not offer them an acceptable variety.

In a similar way, vegans, people who decide to stop consuming products of animal origin, often face a lack of offers suitable for their diet in supermarkets, which entails the obligation to sharpen creativity in the kitchen to create great part of their meals on their own. Thanks to the possibility of accessing recipe books through the Internet, the experience of others can help the less intuitive or encourage those who are just beginning to explore their culinary skills.

Variation of recipe books

Gastronomic recipe books , in short, are useful for learning gastronomy. By having detailed recipes, anyone can learn how to make a dish: you just have to follow the steps mentioned.

It is worth mentioning, however, that dishes of supposed international origin do not always reflect the original recipe very accurately; Furthermore, many of them have names that native people do not recognize. One of the most obvious examples of this lack of consistency occurs with pizza varieties; Outside of Italy, there are many pizzas that bear names related to Italian cities, such as the "Neapolitan pizza", even if it differs considerably from the original or is not even a recipe that truly exists in Naples.