Meaning

• A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions.

• Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients.

• By extension, a plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a prescription.

  "His new approach is definitely a recipe for success."

• Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes.

• A set of conditions and parameters of an industrial process to obtain a given result.

  "Stepper recipes."