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Overview
This project contains a number of templates that can be used to generate recipe books. Project pages include:
- Data Architecture
- Dependencies
- XML to LaTeX Mappings
- Database Structure
- Create a Theme
- TeX Settings
- LaTeX Options
Standard Book Size
- Printed recipe books are typically 8" x 10", two-sided, which allows them to lay flat with a spiral binding.
- EBook versions are 8.5" x 11".
LaTeX Templates
A first attempt:
- The
recipe-book
class is built on thememoir
class (article
mode). - Recipe titles are typeset as sections.
- Equipment, ingredients, preparations and instructions titles are typeset as subsections.
- Macros operating on sectional headings from the
memoir
package will therefore work. - Equipment, ingredients and instructions are typeset using
equipment
,ingredients
,preparation
andinstructions
environments. They are reallydescription
,itemize
andenumerate
lists. - The
enumitem
package is used for customising the above lists. - Some new macros are defined to hold font families/styles/etc, as well as colours, to allow theming.
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