Answered By: Erin McDaniel
Last Updated: Aug 01, 2024     Views: 7462

It depends on where you found the recipe.

1. If the recipe was published on a web site such as allrecepies.com, you can follow the rules of citing a webpage 

2. If it's your own recipe, you have two options:

a. Upload it to a recipe website, and cite it as a web source.

b. You can also follow the rules of citing an "unpublished source" or manuscript.  

3. If you got the recipe from a friend or family member, you can cite it as personal communication or interview.

Purdue OWL's APA Style Guidelines has guidance and examples on all three citation rules.  See links below to access.

Comments (2)

  1. How do you cite a recipe that is in a cookbook full of recipes from other people?
    by Destiny A. on Jun 17, 2018
  2. You cite it as you would cite any other print book. Check out this guide for more information on how to cite print books in APA format:

    http://libguides.com.edu/apa
    by Isla Jiang on Jun 18, 2018

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