A cookbook, also known as a cookbook, is a document or book that teaches people to cook food. Generally, it is a book or manual on daily diet, with information such as cooking formula, cooking steps and skills. After scientific analysis, according to the category or system of an object, it is edited into tables or other neat forms for reference.

Cooking has four characteristics:

1, flexible and diverse: recipes are not fixed food combinations.

2. Scientific validity: The emergence of recipes can help people find the food they need quickly.

3. Historical value: Ancient recipes have considerable collection value and are precious historical wealth.

4, easy to identify: will not be fooled by the wrong food, has been clearly identified.