A generative grammar of cooking. (arXiv:2211.09059v1 [physics.soc-ph])

Cooking is a uniquely human endeavor for transforming raw ingredients into
delicious dishes. Over centuries, cultures worldwide have evolved diverse
cooking practices ingrained in their culinary traditions. Recipes, thus, are
cultural capsules that capture culinary knowledge in elaborate cooking
protocols. While simple quantitative models have probed the patterns in recipe
composition and the process of cuisine evolution, unlike other cultural quirks
such as language, the principles of cooking remain hitherto unexplored. The
fundamental rules that drive the act of cooking, …

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