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Recipe mania - origin of a Don McLean song? (8,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

american pie

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'song?' is the definition.
(I know that American Pie is a album)

'recipe mania origin of a don mclean' is the wordplay.
'recipe mania' anagrams to 'AMERICAN PIE'.
However, I'm not sure how this is indicated.

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(Another definition for american pie that I've seen is " 1999 US film comedy".)

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