With respect to the excellent Jamie Oliver, making a simple dish that’s over and done with in under an hour is a very inefficient way to cookRecipes are the listicles of the food world, and I say this as...

With respect to the excellent Jamie Oliver, making a simple dish that’s over and done with in under an hour is a very inefficient way to cook

Recipes are the listicles of the food world, and I say this as one who has written more than his fair share of both recipes and listicles.

Both are short, incomplete collections of vaguely interesting but not entirely useful information designed for ease of consumption, but which ultimately convey very little of the knowledge required for their purpose.

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