Is the Recipe Really Dead?

Recently celebrity chef Tyler Florence said that the recipe is dead. He was referring to all of the different kinds of ways that there are to cook now with so many technological advances, but it seems like a pretty ludicrous statement to me. How many Good Housekeeping magazines, TV shows and general families rely on recipes every single day?

Anytime a friend posts a photo of a meal, what does everyone ask for? "Recipe please!" There is an endless rabbit hole of food bloggers on the Internet and new recipe books released every day for the people who eagerly await new recipes from trusted sources.

Obviously I don't think the recipe is dead, but what about you? Do you think it's dead or is it alive and well?

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