Food for Today ©2010

Chapter 23: Using Recipes

Chapter Summary

Recipes are directions for making foods and beverages that are useful for cooks. Recipes offer six types of information. Ingredient amounts in recipes are written differently depending on whether the recipe uses customary or metric measurements, which use different units of measurement. It is possible to convert between the two systems. Recipes can be changed for several purposes. Cooks can change the yield, substitute ingredients, or adjust a recipe for high-altitude cooking. Now is a good time to start collecting recipes. Recipes can be found in many places, and organized in different ways.