I love recipe books and have dozens of them. I typically read through them carefully, then largely ignore them. At least consciously; my subconscious absorbs from each of them and I put it all into that amorphous database I call my brain. Then when I cook, I just cook. Sure, I pull out a book now and then, or I consult my collection of recipes that I've saved from various websites. But then I tweak and improvise, rarely writing down the changes I've made.
But that would be hard to pass on to my girl, so I've decided to formalize things to the point of putting ingredients and instructions in words. Something novel...
So here goes. My intent is to have an adjustable book, so that pages can be added or removed at will.