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<h1>Cookbook</h1>A <strong>cookbook</strong> contains information on <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/cooking" title="Cooking">cooking</A>, and a <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/list_of_recipes" title="List of recipes">list of recipes</A>.  It may also contain information on ingredient origin, freshness, selection and quality, e.g. the <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/slow_food" title="Slow Food">Slow Food</A> movement's <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/ark_of_taste" title="Ark of taste">ark of taste</A> criteria.<p>
While western cookbooks usually group recipes for main courses by the main ingredient of the dishes, <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/cuisine_of_japan" title="Cuisine of Japan">Japanese</A> cookbooks usually group them by cooking techniques (e.g., <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/frying" title="Frying">fried</A> foods, <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/steaming" title="Steaming">steameded</A> foods, and <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/grilling" title="Grilling">grilleded</A> foods).  Both styles of cookbook have additional recipe groupings such as <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/soup" title="Soup">soups</A>, sweets.<p>
Famous cookbooks from the past include:
<ul><li><em><A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/de_re_coquinaria" title="De re coquinaria">De re coquinaria (The Art of Cooking)</A></em> (late <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/4th_century" title="4th century">4th</A> / early <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/5th_century" title="5th century">5th</A> century) by <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/apicius" title="Apicius">Apicius</A>
</li><li>The <em><A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/forme_of_cury" title="Forme of Cury">Forme of Cury</A></em> (<A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/14th_century" title="14th century">14th century</A>) by the Master Cooks of <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/richard_ii_of_england" title="Richard II of England">King Richard II of England</A>
</li><li><em><A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/mrs_beeton_s_book_of_household_management" title="Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management">Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management ...</em></A> (<A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/1861" title="1861">1861</A>) by <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/mrs_beeton" title="Mrs Beeton">Mrs Beeton</A>
</li><li>Various cookbooks (between <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/1903" title="1903">1903</A> and <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/1934" title="1934">1934</A>) by <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/auguste_escoffier" title="Auguste Escoffier">Auguste Escoffier</A> 
</li><li><em>The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook</em> (<A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/1954" title="1954">1954</A>) by <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/alice_b__toklas" title="Alice B. Toklas">Alice B. Toklas</A>
</li><li><em>Helen Gurley Brown's Single Girl's Cookbook</em> (<A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/1969" title="1969">1969</A>) by <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/helen_gurley_brown" title="Helen Gurley Brown">Helen Gurley Brown</A><p>
</li></ul><A NAME=""><H2>Related topics</H2>
<ul><li><A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/list_of_cookbooks" title="List of cookbooks">List of cookbooks</A>
</li><li><A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/food_writing" title="Food writing">Food writing</A><p>
</li></ul><A NAME=""><H2>External links</H2>
<ul><li><A HREF="http://wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook" class="external">The WikiBooks Cookbook project</A><p>
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A <strong>cookbook</strong> can also refer to a straightforward set of <em>recipes</em> or <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/instruction" title="Instruction">instructions</A> for a specific field or activity other than cooking.<p>
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