
A mise en place is a call stack: each bowl holds a pure function, and the pan is the runtime where they compose. The recipe is just the contract.

A mise en place is a call stack: each bowl holds a pure function, and the pan is the runtime where they compose. The recipe is just the contract.
Treating recipes like functions—with inputs, parameters, side effects, and return values—turns cooking from blind obedience into debugging. Here's how that shift makes you a better cook and a better programmer.
A loopable, mostly instrumental mix for prep work that treats a recipe like a pure function: ingredients in, skillet out. Track order maps roughly to arguments, body, and return value.