Comment by aqfamnzc
2 years ago
I was going through my book collection the other day and it occurred to me that a recipe book is one of the only good ways (for now) to tell that a recipe was tested and designed rather than generated. That and a reputable author online publishing one, I suppose.
If it is the recipe book of your Grandma, then yes. For everything else, there's a sad reality: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36040967
Its kind of sad that we trust YouTube more, because we can see the recipe being made successfully in at least one of the takes. Even if it tastes like arse.
Boy, that's the exact comment I remembered. That one really did a number on my recipe book trust.
Oh God