But it's a raw takeaway! What's the point? Takeaways do nothing to brush up your cooking, impress your loved ones or improve your diet, and you generally haven't a clue what's in them or how they were prepared. With a recipe box, you're the boss. It's a great way to eat better and learn new skills with minimal effort. Recipe boxes are a Masterchef-era version of the food box delivery schemes made popular by companies such as Abel & Cole (whose recipe box features in our top six). With those schemes, the company decided what went in the box, depending on what was in season. Ingredients were top quality and you were spared a trip to the shops, but you were left to make up your own recipes.