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A cookbook or cookery book is a kitchen reference containing recipes.
Eliza Smith's The Compleat Housewife, 1727
Apicius, De re coquinaria, an early collection of Roman recipes
18th Century Recipes for Biscuits from a private collection of recipes
from Modern Cookery for Private Families by Eliza Acton (London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1871, p. 48)
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A recipe is a set of instructions that describes how to prepare or make something, especially a 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.
A recipe in a cookbook for pancakes with the prepared ingredients
Apicius, De re culinaria, an early collection of recipes.
A page from the Nimatnama-i-Nasiruddin-Shahi, book of delicacies and recipes. It documents the fine art of making kheer.
Medieval Indian Manuscript (circa 16th century) showing samosas being served.