re ‧ ci ‧ pe S3 /ˈresəpi, ˈresɪpi/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: 'take!' , from recipere ; ⇨ ↑ receive ]
1 . [countable] a set of instructions for cooking a particular type of food
recipe for
a recipe for tomato soup
a recipe book
2 . be a recipe for something to be likely to cause a particular result, often a bad one:
She said that five small boys on skis was a recipe for disaster, not a holiday.