Who owns a recipe? How do you know who created it?

Take, for example, pea soup, which has been documented since the 13th century and is probably even older.

Cooking methods have changed over time, from cooking over an open fire to wood stoves and, nowadays, electric and gas stoves, which means that cooking recipes have been adapted over time. How many recipes have been taken from other countries and cultures? Recipes for meatballs, bolognese, cabbage rolls, Osso Buco, Coq Au Vin, etc., come in hundreds of variations.

So the answer to the question of who owns a recipe is: no one owns a recipe. All recipes that exist today are based on an earlier recipe. You take a little bit here and there and cook everything in a big pot.