Misschef on 03 Nov 2003 suggested:

> Hmmmm... Maybe I should just keep my recipes to myself and carry on
> with just cooking. My bubble has burst......sigh.
>
No need to do that. Though the ingredients themselves aren´t subject
to protection, your clever, interesting and original explanations about
how to put the ingredients together are protectable. And any stories you
add to the recipes about your efforts to create or discover the recipe
would also be protectable.

--Douglas