Editorial Guidelines

Editorial standards

Recipes should be readable, specific, and grounded in ordinary cooking practice. A useful recipe has a clear title, a short description, ingredient quantities where possible, ordered steps, timing that is plausible for the method, and labels for diet, cuisine, difficulty, and servings when those labels are available. We avoid presenting AI output as chef-tested, nutritionist-approved, medically tailored, or professionally reviewed unless that review has actually happened.

The site also avoids fabricated trust signals. We do not add fake ratings, fake reviews, invented nutrition data, or made-up author identities to recipe structured data. If a page says a recipe is AI-assisted, that disclosure is intentional. AI can help with variety and speed, but transparency is part of the product.

What is checked

Operational checks focus on structure, clarity, obvious safety issues, and consistency with the user's request. We look for empty ingredient lists, missing instructions, impossible timing, broken formatting, unsupported diet labels, and content that is too thin to be useful. We do not taste-test every recipe, laboratory-test nutrition values, verify every cultural claim, or guarantee that a generated substitution will suit every brand, kitchen, appliance, or dietary need.

Reports and corrections

Users can report inaccurate, unsafe, confusing, or poorly labeled recipes by emailing the contact address listed on the Contact page. A useful report includes the recipe URL, what appears wrong, and any context that would help us reproduce the issue. When a report is valid, we may update the page, remove or noindex low-quality content, adjust prompts or validation rules, and use the pattern to prevent similar mistakes.

Mitigating AI errors

AI errors are reduced through structured prompts, allowlisted fields, server-side validation, conservative metadata, and human review of recurring problem patterns. The site favors clear disclaimers over overconfidence. If a recipe involves allergens, pregnancy, illness, children, medical diets, fermentation, canning, raw foods, or other higher-risk situations, readers should verify the guidance with reliable specialist sources before cooking.