Recipe sharing guidelines

Share generously. Credit properly. Don’t turn this into a piracy side-quest.

Last updated: 12 January 2026

Sharing recipes is the whole point of this thing — but let’s not be the app that accidentally becomes a cookbook piracy tool.

What’s generally safe

Linking to the original source (website, publisher, or creator)
Writing your own version in your own words, based on what you cooked
Crediting the source (e.g. “Adapted from …”)
Sharing your notes — substitutions, timing tweaks, and what you’d do differently next time

What to avoid

Copying recipes verbatim from cookbooks, paid subscription sites, or creators’ content (especially where access is restricted)
Uploading photographed or scanned pages from cookbooks or paywalled content
Sharing content you don’t have the rights to share

A practical rule of thumb

If the value is in the creator’s wording or structure, don’t copy it. If the value is in your experience cooking it — what worked, what changed, what you learned — you’re in much safer territory.

Still unsure? Prefer adding a source link and writing a short summary instead of copying. When in doubt, be generous with attribution.

These guidelines sit alongside the Acceptable Use Policy.