why my "recepie" category is not taken into account in my request

hello why my "recipe" category is not taken into account in my request

<?php
// 1. We define the arguments to define what we want to recover
$args = array (
   'post_type' => 'post',
    'posts_per_page' => '16',
    'category_name' => 'recipe',
);

// 2. We run the WP Query
// The Query
$the_query = new WP_Query ($args);

// 3. we display the number of messages and the authors!
// The Loop
if ($the_query-> have_posts()) {
    //Set arguments to grab all authors with published peches, and order them by user ID
    $authorArgs = array(
        'orderby' => 'ID',
        'has_published_posts' => array('post'),
    );

    //Create an array of all authors with peches published
    $pecheAuthors = get_users($authorArgs);

    //Loop through each peche author
    foreach($pecheAuthors as $user){
        //Output user post count 
        echo'<font color="#f00;"><b>';
        echo count_user_posts($user->ID, 'post');
        echo'</b></font>';
        echo ' journees de pêches pour ';

        //Output user's display name
        echo'<font color="#f00;"><b>';
        echo $user->display_name;
        echo'</b></font>';
        echo '<br />';
    }

    // 3. We launch the loop to display the articles and the authors!
    // The Loop
    
} else {
    // no posts found
}
//wp_reset_postdata ();?
?>