Recepiei

Recepiei is a term used in culinary archive theory and digital recipe curation to denote a standardized, modular unit of a recipe collection. A recepiei consolidates a single recipe or a linked set of variations within a coherent metadata envelope, designed for interchange across databases and for analytical comparison of cooking traditions.

Etymology and scope: The coinage is recent and not tied to a single language; it reflects a fusion of the English word recipe with a plural-suggesting suffix to indicate a collection. In practice, recepiei function as structured data objects rather than standalone documents, enabling consistent handling across platforms.

Structure and metadata: Core fields typically include title, origin region, course or meal type, serving size, ingredients with quantities, preparation steps, equipment, and techniques. Notes on substitutions, substitutions, provenance, author, creation date, and version history are common. Relationships link a recepiei to related items such as parent recipes, regional variants, or recommended pairings. The format is often expressed in machine-readable forms such as JSON, XML, or RDF to support interoperability and searchability.

Origins and use: Recepiei appear in culinary archives, museums, university repositories, and digital platforms that aim to preserve and study kitchen heritage. They support data-driven cuisine research, pedagogy, translation, and standardized documentation while preserving provenance and lineage.

Variants and examples: Some practitioners distinguish core recepiei (the original or canonical version) from variant recepiei (regional, family, or modern adaptations). Recepiei cover a wide range of cuisines and may incorporate multimedia references such as photographs or video demonstrations.

See also: Recipe, Cookbook, Culinary anthropology, Data standardization, Digital humanities.