...but there's a hole in the bucket.

It is hard to believe that this doesn't exist yet, so there will probably be one popping up any minute now.

I would very much like to see a real, (but it will most likely have to be an on-line), recursive cookbook.
Every step of every recipe in the book is broken down into sub-recipes for all ingredients.
The utensils, cast iron pans, cookware and pottery are also broken down in a how to DIY format.

There should also be a section on paper and ink production so that the book itself could be remade by folks with a Lot of time on their hands.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Nov 27 2010

First grow beans. http://www.coffeere...fee/homegrowing.htm
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Nov 27 2010]

No, first make soil to grow the beans in http://tomclothier.hort.net/page24.html
[pocmloc, Nov 27 2010]

Like this idea... Pseudocode_20Libraries
... but applied to cooking. [Jinbish, Nov 27 2010]

The Gastronome Codex The_20Gastronome_20Codex
Similar. [DrBob, Nov 27 2010, last modified Nov 28 2010]

linky for book making http://www.mothteeth.com/bookmaking/
[xandram, Nov 28 2010]

hmmm Thank you. That will be a better name.
My understanding of the word recursive is...was something that could be broken down into its constituent parts and then those parts broken down and so on etc.
I should have looked it up first but;
[of, relating to, or constituting a procedure that can repeat itself indefinitely],
is pretty close to what I meant.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Nov 27 2010


Uh-oh!

Omlette
You will need: 2 eggs, cheese and/or mushrooms.
...

Egg
You will need: 1 female chicken.
...

Chicken
You will need: A chicken egg.
...
-- Loris, Nov 27 2010


The chicken/egg problem is totally solved already! (by me of course). The final iteration of the chicken was not born, and did not mutate after birth, so the egg came first!
-- twitch, Nov 28 2010


is a chicken egg *from* a chicken, or *containing* a chicken.
-- FlyingToaster, Nov 28 2010


[[+]] I like your idea, but first you must learn to make a book. [see link]
-- xandram, Nov 28 2010


Ah.

In that case : first, evolve your chicken.
-- Loris, Nov 28 2010


No! First, invent evolution.
-- pocmloc, Nov 29 2010


"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch..."
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Nov 29 2010


This sounds like one of those halfbaked ideas, that takes something as simple as boiling water, and makes a mountain out of a mole hill. Yay ++++++
-- blissmiss, Nov 29 2010



random, halfbakery