'''''The Recipe Project''''' is a CD-book combo produced by chefs and musicians on the relationship between music and food, published by Black Balloon Publishing.<ref name="therecipeproject">{{cite web|url=http://www.therecipeproject.com/?page_id=5 |title=About the Book |publisher=RecipeProject |date= |accessdate=2013-10-21}}</ref> It comprises two elements: a CD of recipes of chefs put to music, and a book containing the recipes, interviews with the chefs, and food writing.<ref name="therecipeproject" />
The project began when co-founders of the band One Ring Zero, Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp used American chef Chris Cosentino's recipe for Brains and Eggs as song lyrics, producing it in the genre preferred by Cosentino.<ref name="therecipeproject" /> Chefs brought into the project included Mario Batali, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Tom Colicchio.<ref>{{cite news|last=Thill |first=Scott |url=https://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/10/one-ring-zero-recipe-project/ |title=On The Recipe Project, One Ring Zero Sets Weird Dishes to Music | Underwire |publisher=Wired.com |date=2011-10-25 |accessdate=2013-10-21}}</ref>
The project received generally received positive reactions. An article on the project in Edible Brooklyn called the CD "A feast for the ears,"<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.ediblebrooklyn.com/magazine/now-chefs-really-are-the-new-rock-stars/ |title=Now Chefs Really Are the New Rock Stars |publisher=Ediblebrooklyn.com |date=2011-11-19 |accessdate=2013-10-21}}</ref> Time magazine wrote "Every once in a while you come across a project and think, I can’t believe no one has done this before", while saying the song lyrics meant they were not suited for casual listening.<ref>{{cite news|last=Suddath |first=Claire |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2011/11/03/the-recipe-project-will-make-you-hungry-for-music/ |title=One Ring Zero Sets Mario Batali's Recipes to Music |publisher=Time |date=2011-11-03 |access-date=2013-10-21}}</ref>
As of 2011, an app was also available on Apple devices,<ref>{{cite news|author=Gareth Grundy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/nov/13/recipe-project-app-review |title=Kitchen apps: The Recipe Project | Life and style | The Observer |publisher=Guardian |date= 2011-11-13|accessdate=2013-10-21 |location=London}}</ref> permitting the user to put in up to five ingredients to receive relevant recipes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://appshopper.com/lifestyle/the-recipe-project |title=The Recipe Project (Lifestyle) |publisher=App Shopper |date=2011-10-24 |accessdate=2013-10-21}}</ref> and a listening feature that played One Ring Zero's music.<ref name="toquemag">{{cite web|last=Cooper |first=Steve |url=http://www.toquemag.com/food/food-app-review-of-the-week-the-recipe-project |title=Food App Review of the Week: The Recipe Project - Toque |publisher=Toquemag.com |date=2011-10-21 |accessdate=2013-10-21}}</ref> A review in Toque Magazine found the app incomplete but "oddly charming", rating it 2.5/5.<ref name="toquemag" />
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