Cookbook
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Definitions
A book containing instructions for preparing food.
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A book of recipes and cooking instructions.
My favorite cookbook has a collection of Italian recipes.
💡 Simply: It's like a manual for making delicious food! Imagine you want to bake a cake – you'd look in a cookbook to find out exactly how to do it. It's full of recipes!
👶 For kids: A book that tells you how to make yummy food!
More Examples
She purchased a new cookbook focused on vegan cuisine.
The cookbook provided detailed instructions for making the perfect soufflé.
How It's Used
"I found a great new recipe in my cookbook."
"She uses a cookbook to try new dishes."
Idioms & expressions
to cook the books
To falsify financial records.
"The company was accused of cooking the books to hide their losses."
From "cook" + "book". The earliest cookbooks date back to ancient times, but the modern form became widespread with the printing press.
Cookbooks have evolved from basic collections of recipes to comprehensive guides with nutritional information and cultural insights. Early examples focused on royal and wealthy families and have expanded with more people.