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by jrochkind1 2023 days ago
Not in the United States.

Especially creative language describing the recipe might be. Like paragraphs of text about the cultural context or how much you like it, or even especially poetic langauge describing how to combine the ingredients.

But not the instructions for preparation themselves, not simple instructions of how combine things in what order. No matter how specific, they are considered to be facts rather than creative expression. "ideas, procedures, processes, systems, and methods of operation" are not protected by copyright -- no matter how useful, no matter how much energy went into making them, that is not the standard.

Other countries may have different legal status than USA

https://lizerbramlaw.com/2015/04/07/copyright-protect-recipe...