Case #1: A compiled cookbook with recipes by different cooks
If you are citing a print collection of recipes from various people or restaurants, treat it as an anthology.
Procedure: Choose "Anthology / Book Collection" as the citation type, then select
- Material in a collection / anthology
- Printed anthology or other book collection
Your citation will look like this:
Schreiber, Cory. "Dungeness Crab Salad with Citrus and Fennel." Comforting Foods. Comp. and ed. Norman Kolpas. New York: Macmillan, 1996. 43. Print.
NOTE:
- When the same person is both editor and compiler, Noodlbib formats it according to MLA 5.5.6.
Case #2: A cookbook with recipes by a single chef
If you are citing original recipes by one person, treat it as a book. To cite a single recipe, answer "a chapter or part of the book" when asked what content of the book you are citing.
Procedure: Choose "Book" as the citation type, then select:
- Book - an entire book or section of a book
- Print: Printed book
- A special section of the book (like an introduction or preface)
Your citation will look like this:
Yanguas, Josefina. "Garlic Soup - Sopa de Ajo." The Cambridge Iruña Cookbook of Spanish and Basque Dishes. Ed. Jean Anderson. Cambridge: Identity, 1966. 7. Print.
Case #3: A recipe online
Procedure: Choose "Web Site" as the citation type, then select:
- Web page or other Web-only nonperiodical publication
- No content type below applies
Your citation with the optional URL will look like this:
Touchet, Alexis. "Calvados Applesauce." Gourmet Magazine. Condé Nast, Jan. 2003. Web. 25 Dec. 2009. <http://www.gourmet.com/recipes/2000s/2003/01/calvadosapplesauce>.
Case #4: A chef's recipe in an editor-compiled cookbook online
Procedure: Choose "Book" as the citation type, then select:
- Anthology / book collection - A book that represents a collection of short works by one or more authors
- Material in a collection / anthology
- Online - Text of a printed anthology or other book collection available online
Your citation with the optional URL will look like this:
Falkner, Elizabeth. "S'More Brownies." Savoring San Francisco: Recipes from the City's Neighborhood Restaurants. Comp. and ed. Carolyn Miller and Sharon Smith. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Silverback, 2005. 158. Google Books. Web. 25 Dec. 2009. <http://books.google.com/books?id=2Aoe8RRAAM0C&lpg=PT94&dq=recipes%20Danish&lr=&as_brr=1&pg=PT179#v=onepage&q=&f=false>.
NOTE:
- When the same people are both editor and compiler, Noodlbib formats it according to MLA 5.5.6.
