The Pleasures of Reading Computer Code
<p>As Wilson noted, many of these recipes were incredibly ornate — like a lamb korma by Madhur Jaffrey “with an ingredient list that goes on for more than a page”. So they weren’t necessarily the meals you’d immediately rush out to make. Indeed, you might never make them at all.</p>
<p>Even so, as Wilson argued, merely reading such sumptuous, byzantine recipes serves another purpose: They “stimulate our imagination”.</p>
<p>It’s fun to imagine — “hmmm, what would be it be like <em>if</em> I made this dish? How much fun would it be? What would the tricky parts be, and what new skills would it require?”</p>
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