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Dish (food)
Preparation of a specific food, ready to be served / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the dishware, see Tableware.
A dish in gastronomy is a specific food preparation, a "distinct article or variety of food",[1] ready to eat or to be served.
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A dish may be served on tableware, or may be eaten in one's hands.
Instructions for preparing a dish are called recipes.
Some dishes, for example a hot dog with ketchup, rarely have their own recipes printed in cookbooks as they are made by simply combining two ready-to-eat foods.