diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index e69de29bb2..826c03f797 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 newObject = Object.assign({}, object);
+  delete newObject[key];
+  return newObject;
+}
+
+function destructivelyDeleteFromObjectByKey(object, key) {
+  delete object[key];
+  return object;
+}  
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