The Open Source Cookbook was designed for your contribution.
An illustration of a red bell pepper.

How to contribute

The recipes in the cookbook are built from markdown files in the GitHub repository. To add a recipe of your own, fork the repository and add a markdown file in the recipes directory. The markdown file should follow the template below.

Template.md 
---
name: [Full Name]
residence: [City, country]
category: {appetizer, entree, dessert, other}
---

# [Recipe Name]

> [Quote]

## Ingredients

## Directions

As an example, the following markdown file, recipes/Pie Shell Script.md

Pie Shell Script.md 
---
name: Thomas Eckert
residence: Seattle, WA, USA
category: dessert
---

# Pie Shell Script

> The perfect shell is as important for pie as it is for code.

## Ingredients

- 300 g all purpose flour
- 5/8 tsp salt
- 175 g cold butter
- 2 tbsp. cold water

## Directions

1. Stir together flour and salt.
2. Cut cold butter into pea-sized pieces (or use a cheese grater) and mix thoroughly into the dry ingredients.
3. Sprinkle 1 to 2 tbsp. cold water over part of the mixture, gently toss with a fork.
4. Form the mixture into a ball and place on a lightly floured surface.
5. Using a rolling pin, flatten from center to edges until the dough is 12 inches (30 cm) in diameter.
6. Carefully transfer the dough to a 9 inch (22 cm) pie plate.
7. Crimp the edge of the dough as desired.
8. Fill the shell with a pie filling of your choice!

gets compiled to this. Be sure to include a programming pun in your recipe's name. When your recipe is ready, make a pull request against the upstream repository. When the pull request is completed, a GitHub Action compiles and deploys the updated site. Bon appetit!