When recipe writing is done well, the skill and effort involved might not be evident. But explaining the different steps clearly so that people of varying culinary abilities and equipment can cook it, and indeed want to make it, and translating flavour and physical actions and sensory experiences into words - all that takes work.

Recipe writers MiMi Aye and Felicity Cloake and cookbook editor Rachel Greenhaus consider the verbal ingredients of a well-written recipe.

This is the first of a miniseries of food-related episodes. Next up: turning words into food. No, not like Alphabetti.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Hey, remember last year when I released an episode from hospital and my voice sounded like a rusty fart? I appear on the latest episode of Radiotopian sibling ZigZag talking about how I ended up there, making the show - which mostly is a joy, but sometimes is not. Check it out HERE.

I’ve got several events coming up, including a London performance of the new touring show No Title, as well as guesting on a couple of other shows at the London Podcast Festival; and, next week, a languagey chat in San Francisco with author and lexicographer Jane Solomon - it’ll be fun and it’s free! Find out more at theallusionist.org/events, which I’ll keep updated with every new fixture.

YOUR RANDOMLY SELECTED WORD FROM THE DICTIONARY:

bricole