Ah, I guess the problem is that Rust standard library is quite barebones compared to some languages such as Python and Java. A fitting name for a book for creating stuff with Rust standard library only would be something like "Coding X from scratch with Rust". I think that the metaphor of cooking captures the feeling of using Rust with libraries just fine; especially since the libraries featured in the Cookbook are hand-selected to be of an "almost blessed" status in the ecosystem.