The recipe can become the most annoying bit
We have tried cooking from videos. They make everything look easy because the onions are already chopped and the waiting has been edited out. In our actual kitchen, somebody has to pause, rewind and work out whether their mixture looks anything like the one that flashed past three seconds ago.
When we use web recipes, there is often a long introduction, a cookie banner and enough advertising to make the instructions move while we are trying to read them. None of this is improved by sticky hands.
We own children's cookbooks that are tightly bound and printed on glossy pages. They close themselves or change page unless we wedge them open with something. Recipe books are surprisingly determined not to be used for recipes.
