The Recipe Summary

"The Recipe" provides an outline of how to conduct an awards ceremony, beginning with the introduction of the well-respected, acerbic host and his opening prattle, providing for responses to laughter or non-laughter from the audience. A humorous actor and beautiful actress come on stage for some sexual banter. They are presenters of the would-be honorees.

The lone honoree is announced and brought on stage. S/he makes self-effacing remarks, expresses gratitude, commiserates with those who do not win, and makes a political plea of some sort. S/he continues as the music swells to signal the end of this segment. The host makes a witty observation and introduces the next presenters: a corpulent woman and adolescent with a fatal illness. The process repeats as necessary.

The editor notes that this recipe is taken from a Mayan manuscript found in 1982 and translated...