recipe

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
recipe /ˈrɛsɪpi/

▶noun

• 1 a set of instructions for preparing a dish.

• 2 something likely to lead to a particular outcome: high interest rates are a recipe for disaster.

• 3 archaic a medical prescription.

– origin ME: from L., lit. ‘receive!’, imper. of recipere.