A cookbook contains information on cooking, and a list of recipes. It may also contain information on ingredient origin, freshness, selection and quality, e.g. the Slow Food movement's ark of taste criteria. Cooking is the act of preparing food for consumption. ... The recipes are currently being moved to Wikibooks. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... An ark of taste is a movement originally defined in eco_gastronomy, to protect gastronomic products threatened by industrial standardization, hyperhygienist legislation, the rules of the large-scale retail trade and the deterioration of the environment, according to the Germany, France, United States. ...

While western cookbooks usually group recipes for main courses by the main ingredient of the dishes, Japanese cookbooks usually group them by cooking techniques (e.g., fried foods, steamed foods, and grilled foods). Both styles of cookbook have additional recipe groupings such as soups, sweets. Frying is the cooking of food with cooking oil as the heat transfer medium. ... Steaming is cooking by steam. ... Grilling means cooking directly under a source of direct, dry heat. ... Soup is a savoury liquid food that is made by boiling ingredients, such as meat, vegetables and beans in stock or hot water, until the flavor is extracted, forming a broth. ...

Famous cookbooks from the past include:

• De re coquinaria (The Art of Cooking) (late 4th / early 5th century) by Apicius
• Liber de Coquina (The Book of Cookery) (late 13th / early 14th century) by two unknown authors from France and Italy
• The Forme of Cury (14th century) by the Master Cooks of King Richard II of England
• Viandier (14th century) by Guillaume Tirel alias Taillevent
• Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management ... (1861) by Mrs Beeton
• La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiar bene (1891) by Pellegrino Artusi
• Various cookbooks (between 1903 and 1934) by Auguste Escoffier
• The Joy of Cooking by Irma Rombauer (1931)
• The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook (1954) by Alice B. Toklas
• Helen Gurley Brown's Single Girl's Cookbook (1969) by Helen Gurley Brown
• Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen

The term cookbook is sometimes used metaphorically to refer to any book containg already tried and tested "recipes" that others can use unchanged - for example a set of circuit designs in electronics, or the Anarchist Cookbook, a set of instructions on destruction and living outside the law. De re coquinaria is the oldest known cookbook, dating from the 3rd century A.D., still in existence. ... (3rd century - 4th century - 5th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ... // Events Romulus Augustus, Last Western Roman Emperor Rome sacked by Visigoths in 410. ... Apicius was a name applied to three celebrated Roman epicures, the first of whom lived during the Republic; the second of whom, Marcus Gavius (or Gabius) Apicius—the most famous in his own time—lived under the early Empire; the third of whom, probably no relation, was the late 4th... The Liber de Coquina is one of the oldest medieval cookbooks. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... (13th century - 14th century - 15th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. ... Title page of the Forme of Cury The Forme of Cury was the name given by Samuel Pegge to a roll of cookery written by the Master Cooks of King Richard II of England. ... (13th century - 14th century - 15th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. ... Richard II of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... (13th century - 14th century - 15th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. ... Published in 1861, Mrs Beetons Book of Household Management was a guide to all aspects of running a household in Victorian Britain. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Mrs Beeton aged about 26 Isabella Mary Mayson (March 12, 1836 - January 1865), universally known as Mrs Beeton, was the author of Mrs Beetons Book of Household Management and is the most famous cookery writer in British history. ... Pellegrino Artusi (Forlimpopoli, town near Forlì, 1820 - Florence, 1911) is the author of the famous Italian cookbook La scienza in cucina e larte di mangiar bene. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Pellegrino Artusi (Forlimpopoli, town near Forlì, 1820 - Florence, 1911) is the author of the famous Italian cookbook La scienza in cucina e larte di mangiar bene. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Georges Auguste Escoffier (October 28, 1846 (?)-February 12, 1935) was a French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer who popularized and updated traditional French cooking methods. ... The Joy of Cooking is one of the worlds most-published cookbooks, having been in print continuously since 1936. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alice B. Toklas, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Alice Babette Toklas (April 30, 1877 - March 7, 1967) was the sweetheart of writer Gertrude Stein. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Helen Gurley Brown (b. ... Written originally by Mollie Katzen when she was a member of the Moosewood collective, the Moosewood Cookbook is considered one of the most significant modern vegetarian cookbooks. ... Two digital voltmeters The field of electronics is the study and use of electronic devices that operate by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles in devices such as thermionic valves and semiconductors. ... The Anarchist Cookbook (ISBN 0-9623032-0-8) is a book written by William Powell. ...

Related topics

• List of cookbooks
• Food writing

The following is a partial list of cookbooks, sorted alphabetically by authors surname. ... A list of some prominent writers on food, cooking, dining, and cultural history related to food. ...

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A cookbook can also refer to a straightforward set of recipes or instructions for a specific field or activity other than cooking. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A recipe is a set of instructions that show how to prepare or make something, especially a culinary dish. ... An instruction is a form of information which is communicated in order to explain how an action, behavior, method, or task is to be begun, completed, conducted, or executed. ...