"They have given me recipes, which I share with my customers."

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do.

"At other workshops, you were given recipes for working with children," she said.

"Someone had made it on purpose to give a nasty recipe," she said.

Delighted that she'd been given a brand-new recipe only the day before, she went to work.

It was all just like being given a new recipe or a knitting pattern.

It is impossible, he was in the habit of saying, to give precise recipes.

Then the trio give him random recipes for the formula.

"It's like giving somebody a recipe with the ingredients, but not the proportions," he said.

"We give them recipes; sometimes it is difficult because my English is still not good," he explained.