Comments on: Writing Up Recipes http://www.cheapcooking.com/blog/2005/12/writing-up-recipes.html Easy and cheap family recipes. Learn how to cook on a budget. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:41:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Alanna http://www.cheapcooking.com/blog/2005/12/writing-up-recipes.html/comment-page-1#comment-327 Alanna Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:41:00 +0000 http://cheapcooking2.wordpress.com/2005/12/21/writing-up-recipes/#comment-327 There's two schools of practice for listing ingredients. The 'American' way is to list them in order of usage. The 'other' way (which I'm quite sure I've seen called the 'European' way) is to list the ingredients in order of importance to achieving the dish's outcome. I wish there were a way to switch back and forth, like between a dictionary and a thesaurus, like between metric and, hmm, the other one, the American one. There’s two schools of practice for listing ingredients. The ‘American’ way is to list them in order of usage. The ‘other’ way (which I’m quite sure I’ve seen called the ‘European’ way) is to list the ingredients in order of importance to achieving the dish’s outcome. I wish there were a way to switch back and forth, like between a dictionary and a thesaurus, like between metric and, hmm, the other one, the American one.

]]> By: Andy Baird http://www.cheapcooking.com/blog/2005/12/writing-up-recipes.html/comment-page-1#comment-326 Andy Baird Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:18:00 +0000 http://cheapcooking2.wordpress.com/2005/12/21/writing-up-recipes/#comment-326 I was interested in your discussion of recipe formats, because I think things like this make a big difference in usability. I wonder how you feel about the "Joy of Cooking" format that lists ingredients inline with cooking instructions, indented and bolded so that they can easily be read off as a shopping list. <br/><br/>I find this style compact, practical and readable, and have emulated it in the handful of recipes posted on my site "Travels With Gertie"...for example, http://www.andybaird.com/travels/arizona/chicken.htm. It seems to fit well with your "ingredient > directions" note-taking format...yes? I was interested in your discussion of recipe formats, because I think things like this make a big difference in usability. I wonder how you feel about the “Joy of Cooking” format that lists ingredients inline with cooking instructions, indented and bolded so that they can easily be read off as a shopping list.

I find this style compact, practical and readable, and have emulated it in the handful of recipes posted on my site “Travels With Gertie”…for example, http://www.andybaird.com/travels/arizona/chicken.htm. It seems to fit well with your “ingredient > directions” note-taking format…yes?

]]> By: Rene http://www.cheapcooking.com/blog/2005/12/writing-up-recipes.html/comment-page-1#comment-325 Rene Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:26:00 +0000 http://cheapcooking2.wordpress.com/2005/12/21/writing-up-recipes/#comment-325 As someone who is just now venturing into the cooking arena (very late bloomer here) I so appreciate well written and thought out recipes. Details that most people take for granted really help me when attempting to tackle a recipe. And the discussion about why something was done, or how the recipe came about really helps my confidence (which in the kitchen I admit is lacking). Thank you! As someone who is just now venturing into the cooking arena (very late bloomer here) I so appreciate well written and thought out recipes. Details that most people take for granted really help me when attempting to tackle a recipe. And the discussion about why something was done, or how the recipe came about really helps my confidence (which in the kitchen I admit is lacking). Thank you!

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