The thing I am trying to say is that for the cook the two experiences are different: the slavish one who complies gets nothing from the experience except an increase in the feeling of dependence on authority, while the original one feels more real, and surprises herself (or himself) by what turns up in the mind in the course of the act of cooking.
I think Tim Ferriss' "4 Hour Chef" is a great starting point for cooks to break free from the "dependence on [the] authority" of a recipe.
