diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index d9897bd..0711cdd 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 - Differentiate multiple similar matches (show path or repository label)
 - Recognize file idioms such as './file.rb' and matching "./file/" @done
-- Custom recipes
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+- Custom recipes @done
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diff --git a/bin/qw b/bin/qw
index 6747ade..5e21060 100755
--- a/bin/qw
+++ b/bin/qw
@@ -4,24 +4,17 @@ $:.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib'
 # Require it
 require "qwandry.rb"
 
-recipe_paths = Dir[
-  (ENV['HOME']||'')+'/.qwandry/*.rb',                     # custom recipes
-  File.dirname(__FILE__)+'/../lib/qwandry/recipes/*.rb',  # built in recipes
-]
+recipes = Qwandry::Recipe.load_recipes
 
 opts = OptionParser.new do |opts|    
   opts.banner = "Usage: qwandry [options] name"
   opts.separator ""
   
-  recipe_names = recipe_paths.map{|path| File.basename(path,'.rb')}.uniq
-  opts.on("-r", "--recipe RECIPE", "Use paths from RECIPE","Recipes:", *recipe_names.map{|k| "* #{k}"}) do |recipe|
-    if recipe_names.include?(recipe)
-      @recipe = recipe 
-    else
-      STDERR.puts "Recipe '#{recipe}' is not available, using default."
-    end
+  opts.on("-r", "--recipe RECIPE", "Use paths from RECIPE","Recipes:", *recipes.map{|r| "* #{r.name}: #{r.description}"}) do |recipe|
+    @recipe_name = recipe
   end
   
+  opts.separator ""
   opts.on("-e", "--editor EDITOR", "Use EDITOR to open the package") do |editor|
     @editor = editor
   end
@@ -45,14 +38,21 @@ end
 @qwandry.editor = @editor if @editor
 
 # Load recipe
-@recipe ||= 'default'
-@recipe_path = recipe_paths.find{|p| File.basename(p,'.rb') == @recipe }
-unless @recipe_path
-  STDERR.puts "Could not find recipe '#{@recipe}'"
+@recipe_name ||= ENV['QW_DEFAULT'] || 'default'
+@recipe = recipes.find{|r| r.name.downcase == @recipe_name }
+
+unless @recipe
+  STDERR.puts "Could not find recipe '#{@recipe_name}'"
   exit(1)
 end
-# Configure @qwandry
-@qwandry.instance_eval(File.read(@recipe_path) )
+
+# Configure Qwandry
+@recipe.new.configure(@qwandry)
+
+# Warn if there are no repositories
+if @qwandry.repositories.empty?
+  STDERR.puts "Warning: no repositories were defined in '#{@recipe_path}'"
+end
 
 name = ARGV.pop
 packages = @qwandry.find(name)
diff --git a/lib/qwandry.rb b/lib/qwandry.rb
index 5a6dd47..1d1084c 100644
--- a/lib/qwandry.rb
+++ b/lib/qwandry.rb
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ module Qwandry
   autoload :FlatRepository,             "qwandry/flat_repository"
   autoload :LibraryRepository,          "qwandry/library_repository"
   autoload :Package,                    "qwandry/package"
+  autoload :Recipe,                     "qwandry/recipe"
 end
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diff --git a/lib/qwandry/launcher.rb b/lib/qwandry/launcher.rb
index 177713c..9e85e1d 100644
--- a/lib/qwandry/launcher.rb
+++ b/lib/qwandry/launcher.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@ module Qwandry
     # `label` is used to label packages residing in the folder `path`.
     # The `repository_type` controls the class used to index the `path`.
     def add(label, path, repository_type=Qwandry::FlatRepository)
-      label = label.to_s
-      @repositories[label] << repository_type.new(label, path)
+      if path.is_a?(Array)
+        path.each{|p| add label, p, repository_type} 
+      else
+        label = label.to_s
+        @repositories[label] << repository_type.new(label, path)
+      end
     end
   
     # Searches all of the loaded repositories for `name`
diff --git a/lib/qwandry/recipe.rb b/lib/qwandry/recipe.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a09519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/qwandry/recipe.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+class Qwandry::Recipe
+  class << self
+    
+    def name(v=nil)
+      if v
+        @name = v
+      else
+        @name || self.to_s
+      end
+    end
+  
+    def description(v=nil)
+      if v
+        @description = v
+      else
+        @description || ""
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  
+  
+  # Recipes should implement the `configure` method.
+  def configure(qw)
+    
+  end
+  
+  
+  def self.load_recipes
+    # Load all required recipes:
+    Dir[File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/recipes/*.rb'].map do |recipe_path|
+      require recipe_path
+      class_name = File.basename(recipe_path,'.rb').split('_').map{|w| w.capitalize}.join
+      Qwandry.const_get(class_name)
+    end
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/lib/qwandry/recipes/default.rb b/lib/qwandry/recipes/default.rb
index 2e2012f..e0629ff 100644
--- a/lib/qwandry/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/lib/qwandry/recipes/default.rb
@@ -3,18 +3,25 @@
 # Ensure that rubygems is on the path so we can search it
 require 'rubygems'
 
-# Get all the paths on ruby's load path:
-paths = $:
+class Qwandry::Default < Qwandry::Recipe
+  name        "Default"
+  description "Searches the ruby standard library and ruby gems"
+  
+  def configure(qw)
+    # Get all the paths on ruby's load path:
+    paths = $:
 
-# Reject binary paths, we only want ruby sources:
-paths = paths.reject{|path| path =~ /#{RUBY_PLATFORM}$/}
+    # Reject binary paths, we only want ruby sources:
+    paths = paths.reject{|path| path =~ /#{RUBY_PLATFORM}$/}
 
-# Add ruby standard libraries:
-paths.grep(/lib\/ruby/).each do |path|
-  add :ruby, path, Qwandry::LibraryRepository
-end
+    # Add ruby standard libraries:
+    paths.grep(/lib\/ruby/).each do |path|
+      qw.add :ruby, path, Qwandry::LibraryRepository
+    end
 
-# Add gem repositories:
-($:).grep(/gems/).map{|p| p[/.+\/gems\//]}.uniq.each do |path|
-  add :gem, path
+    # Add gem repositories:
+    ($:).grep(/gems/).map{|p| p[/.+\/gems\//]}.uniq.each do |path|
+      qw.add :gem, path
+    end
+  end
 end
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