Perhaps I'm not reading carefully enough but doesn't he start by showing that choosing in order of most popular is not optimal, > At first sight this might loo

Perhaps I'm not reading carefully enough but doesn't he start by showing that choosing in order of most popular is not optimal, > At first sight this might look fine, but a closer look reveals that it is not a great ordering – it is impossible to make any recipes at all until you’ve purchased nearly 30 ingredients! but then he uses this ordering as the ideal to optimize towards? I'm not seeing how to find a better ordering; like shouldn't there be a way to choose 8 ingredients that let's you cook 5 recipes etc. I enjoyed the post nonetheless!