Re: Method or Recipe?

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David Kerridge wrote:

<< The distinction I am trying to make is between a recipe, which must
 be followed strictly, and a method, which requires understanding,
 adaptation, and thought. (A chef will now tell me that I don't understand
 recipes, and that will probably be right.) >>


David,

Having (quite some time ago) been one of those "chefs," I will say, to the 
contrary, that you are exactly right. The recipe, to be strictly followed, is 
for "the cook," who does not have the "understanding, adaptation, and 
thought" of the chef and that allows the chef the freedom/potential 
creativity of the "method." 

Del Nelson  
American River College
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