Iona McCleary
Food historian and curator associated with the Brotherton Library cookery collection at Leeds University, who contextualises historical recipe formats and examples.
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Feb 12, 2026 • 27min
How to write a recipe
Kenji López-Alt, recipe developer and bestselling author, talks testing, timings and sensory cues. Emily Takoudis, cookbook editor, explains turning chef notes into clear recipes and editorial standards. Iona McCleary, food historian, traces how recipe formats evolved over centuries. Easter Belfridge, chef and writer, shares her notebook-driven testing and the tension between precision and creativity.
