Provide food box after taking down recipe (5)
I believe the answer is:
cater
'provide food' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'box after taking down recipe' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'recipe' could be 'r' (abbreviation in medical prescriptions) and 'r' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'cate' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cater that I've seen before include "Trace (anag.)" , "so put out food?" , "Trace in order to serve" , "Provide service for like grocer" , "Provide what is required" .)