diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index e69de29bb2..d6fdc13dbb 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+var recipes = new Object();
+
+function updateObjectWithKeyAndValue(object, key, value){
+  return Object.assign({},object,{[key]: value})
+}
+
+function destructivelyUpdateObjectWithKeyAndValue(object, key, value){
+  object[key] = value;
+  return object;
+}
+
+function deleteFromObjectByKey(object, key){
+  var newObj =  Object.assign({},object);
+  delete newObj[key];
+  return newObj;
+}
+
+function destructivelyDeleteFromObjectByKey(object, key){
+  delete object[key];
+  return object;
+}
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