diff --git a/cook.js b/cook.js
index fcb4b1416..62ab0baae 100644
--- a/cook.js
+++ b/cook.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 // Usage: node cook.js <recipefile>
 
 var TiddlyWiki = require("./js/TiddlyWiki.js").TiddlyWiki,
-	Recipe = require("./js/Recipe.js").Recipe;
+	Recipe = require("./js/Recipe.js").Recipe,
+	util = require("util");
 
 var filename = process.argv[2];
 
@@ -12,4 +13,3 @@ var store = new TiddlyWiki();
 var theRecipe = new Recipe(store,filename,function() {
 	process.stdout.write(theRecipe.cook());
 });
-
diff --git a/js/ArgParser.js b/js/ArgParser.js
index b372f01a9..148f6d95c 100755
--- a/js/ArgParser.js
+++ b/js/ArgParser.js
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ var ArgParser = function(argString,options) {
 	var skipSpace = "(?:\\s*)";
 	var token = "(?:" + dblQuote + "|" + sngQuote + "|" + dblSquare + "|" + dblBrace + "|" + unQuoted + "|" + emptyQuote + ")";
 	var re = options.noNames ? new RegExp(token,"mg") : new RegExp(skipSpace + token + skipSpace + "(?:(\\:)" + skipSpace + token + ")?","mg");
+	var match;
 	do {
-		var match = re.exec(argString);
+		match = re.exec(argString);
 		if(match) {
 			var n = parseToken(match,1);
 			if(options.noNames) {
diff --git a/js/FileRetriever.js b/js/FileRetriever.js
index 2bb444674..30ada27ea 100644
--- a/js/FileRetriever.js
+++ b/js/FileRetriever.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ var FileRetriever = exports;
 var fileRequestQueue = utils.queue(function(task,callback) {
 	fs.readFile(task.filepath,"utf8", function(err,data) {
 		callback(err,data);
-console.error("Retrieved " + task.filepath);
 	});
 },10);
 
@@ -31,11 +30,10 @@ var httpRequestQueue = utils.queue(function(task,callback) {
 		} else {
 			var data = [];
 			res.on("data", function(chunk) {
-				data.push(chunk)
+				data.push(chunk);
 			});
 			res.on("end", function() {
 				callback(null,data.join(""));
-console.error("Retrieved " + task.url);
 			});
 		}
 	});
@@ -72,4 +70,4 @@ FileRetriever.retrieveFile = function(filepath,contextPath,callback) {
 		fileRequestQueue.push({filepath: result.path},callback);
 	}
 	return result;
-}
+};
diff --git a/js/Recipe.js b/js/Recipe.js
index 16b604633..88de19a24 100755
--- a/js/Recipe.js
+++ b/js/Recipe.js
@@ -80,17 +80,28 @@ Recipe.prototype.processRecipe = function (data,contextPath) {
 			if(marker === "recipe") {
 				me.readRecipe(value,contextPath);
 			} else {
+				// Reserve a place in the ingredients array for this ingredient, just to keep tiddler ordering
+				// compatible with cook.rb
 				if(!(marker in me.ingredients)) {
 					me.ingredients[marker] = [];
 				}
 				var ingredientLocation = me.ingredients[marker].push(null) - 1;
-				me.readIngredient(value,contextPath,function(fields) {
-					var postProcess = me.readIngredientPostProcess[marker];
-					if(postProcess)
-						fields = postProcess(fields);
-					var ingredientTiddler = new Tiddler(fields);
-					me.store.addTiddler(ingredientTiddler);
-					me.ingredients[marker][ingredientLocation] = ingredientTiddler;
+				me.readIngredient(value,contextPath,function(tiddlers) {
+					for(var t=0; t<tiddlers.length; t++) {
+						var fields = tiddlers[t];
+						var postProcess = me.readIngredientPostProcess[marker];
+						if(postProcess) {
+							fields = postProcess(fields);
+						}
+						var ingredientTiddler = new Tiddler(fields);
+						me.store.addTiddler(ingredientTiddler);
+						if(ingredientLocation !== -1) {
+							me.ingredients[marker][ingredientLocation] = ingredientTiddler;
+							ingredientLocation = -1;
+						} else {
+							me.ingredients[marker].push(ingredientTiddler);		
+						}
+					}
 				});
 			}
 		}
@@ -106,7 +117,8 @@ Recipe.prototype.readIngredientPostProcess = {
 	}	
 };
 
-// Read an ingredient file and return it as a hashmap of tiddler fields. Also read the .meta file, if present
+// Read an ingredient file and callback with an array of hashmaps of tiddler fields. For single
+// tiddler files it also looks for an accompanying .meta file
 Recipe.prototype.readIngredient = function(filepath,contextPath,callback) {
 	var me = this;
 	me.incFetchCount();
@@ -116,20 +128,25 @@ Recipe.prototype.readIngredient = function(filepath,contextPath,callback) {
 		var fields = {
 			title: rf.basename
 		};
-		fields = tiddlerInput.parseTiddler(data,rf.extname,fields);
+		var tiddlers = tiddlerInput.parseTiddlerFile(data,rf.extname,fields);
 		// Check for the .meta file
-		var metafile = filepath + ".meta";
-		me.incFetchCount();
-		retrieveFile(metafile,contextPath,function(err,data) {
-			if(err && err.code !== "ENOENT" && err.code !== "404") {
-				throw err;
-			}
-			if(!err) {
-				fields = tiddlerInput.parseMetaDataBlock(data,fields);
-			}
-			callback(fields);
-			me.decFetchCount();
-		});
+		if(rf.extname !== ".json" && tiddlers.length === 1) {
+			var metafile = filepath + ".meta";
+			me.incFetchCount();
+			retrieveFile(metafile,contextPath,function(err,data) {
+				if(err && err.code !== "ENOENT" && err.code !== "404") {
+					throw err;
+				}
+				var fields = tiddlers[0];
+				if(!err) {
+					fields = tiddlerInput.parseMetaDataBlock(data,fields);
+				}
+				callback([fields]);
+				me.decFetchCount();
+			});
+		} else {
+			callback(tiddlers);
+		}
 		me.decFetchCount();
 	});
 }
diff --git a/js/TiddlerInput.js b/js/TiddlerInput.js
index c2dce4786..bb9eb3e4b 100755
--- a/js/TiddlerInput.js
+++ b/js/TiddlerInput.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ For example ".txt" file extension is mapped to the "text/plain" mimetype.
 Special processing to extract embedded metadata is applied to some mimetypes.
 */
 
-tiddlerInput.parseTiddler = function(text,type,fields) {
+tiddlerInput.parseTiddlerFile = function(text,type,fields) {
 	if(fields === undefined) {
 		var fields = {};
 	}
@@ -25,13 +25,12 @@ tiddlerInput.parseTiddler = function(text,type,fields) {
 	if(fileExtensionMapping)
 		type = fileExtensionMapping;
 	// Invoke the parser for the specified mimetype
-	var parser = tiddlerInput.parseTiddlerByMimeType[type];
+	var parser = tiddlerInput.parseTiddlerFileByMimeType[type];
 	if(parser) {
 		return parser(text,fields);
 	} else {
-		throw new Error("Unknown tiddler type in tiddlerInput.parseTiddler: " + type);
+		throw new Error("Unknown tiddler type in tiddlerInput.parseTiddlerFile: " + type);
 	}
-	return fields;
 }
 
 tiddlerInput.fileExtensionMappings = {
@@ -39,21 +38,21 @@ tiddlerInput.fileExtensionMappings = {
 	".html": "text/html",
 	".tiddler": "application/x-tiddler-html-div",
 	".tid": "application/x-tiddler",
-	".js": "application/javascript"
+	".js": "application/javascript",
+	".json": "application/json"
 }
 
-tiddlerInput.parseTiddlerByMimeType = {
+tiddlerInput.parseTiddlerFileByMimeType = {
 	"text/plain": function(text,fields) {
 		fields.text = text;
-		return fields;
+		return [fields];
 	},
 	"text/html": function(text,fields) {
 		fields.text = text;
-		return fields;
+		return [fields];
 	},
 	"application/x-tiddler-html-div": function(text,fields) {
-		fields = tiddlerInput.parseTiddlerDiv(text,fields);
-		return fields;
+		return [tiddlerInput.parseTiddlerDiv(text,fields)];
 	},
 	"application/x-tiddler": function(text,fields) {
 		var split = text.indexOf("\n\n");
@@ -62,11 +61,14 @@ tiddlerInput.parseTiddlerByMimeType = {
 		}
 		fields = tiddlerInput.parseMetaDataBlock(text.substr(0,split),fields);
 		fields.text = text.substr(split + 2);
-		return fields;
+		return [fields];
 	},
 	"application/javascript": function(text,fields) {
 		fields.text = text;
-		return fields;
+		return [fields];
+	},
+	"application/json": function(text,fields) {
+		
 	}
 }
 
@@ -122,8 +124,9 @@ tiddlerInput.parseTiddlerDiv = function(text,fields) {
 		} else {
 			fields.text = match[2]; 
 		}
+		var attrMatch;
 		do {
-			var attrMatch = attrRegExp.exec(match[1]);
+			attrMatch = attrRegExp.exec(match[1]);
 			if(attrMatch) {
 				var name = attrMatch[1];
 				var value = attrMatch[2];