The Cook’s Brief
Terms of Service
The terms for using The Cook’s Brief.
Effective 2026-10-08. These terms apply to your use of thecooksbrief.com, published as The Cook’s Brief. Please read them along with our Privacy Policy and Editorial Policy. If you do not agree to these terms, do not use the site.
What the service provides
The site offers recipes, kitchen guidance, food-news articles and browser-based cooking tools for general information and personal use. Content and features may be added, corrected, changed or removed. There are currently no paid memberships, purchases or user accounts on this site.
Cooking information and your judgment
Recipes are research-based and have not been kitchen-tested by us. Times and yields are estimates; ingredients, equipment and individual conditions can change results. Follow applicable food-safety guidance, equipment instructions and the temperature checks stated in a recipe.
Check ingredient packaging and your own dietary requirements. A recipe, image or substitution note is not a guarantee that a dish is suitable for an allergy or medical condition. Content is not individualized medical, nutrition or professional advice.
Using and sharing content
You may browse, link to pages and print recipes for personal use. Rights in original text, design and other protectable material remain with the relevant rights holders. Recipe facts and methods, third-party material and AI-generated imagery may have different rights status; these terms do not claim ownership of material that the law does not protect.
Contact us about commercial republication, use of branding or reuse beyond permissions provided here or by applicable law. Source links credit research; they do not grant a license to another publisher’s photographs or writing.
Acceptable use
Do not interfere with the site, attempt unauthorized access, bypass access restrictions, distribute malicious code, impersonate this publication or use the service unlawfully. Do not overload the service with automated requests. These terms do not restrict uses protected by applicable law.
Feedback and outside services
Sending a question or correction lets us use that message to respond and investigate it. It does not automatically authorize public use of your identity or transfer ownership of your original material. If we want to publish a reader contribution, we will arrange permission separately.
External links are provided for context and attribution. We do not control third-party content, availability or practices. Browser storage and device settings can affect saved recipes and cooking progress; those features are not a backup service.
Availability and limitations
The site and its content are provided as available, without a promise of uninterrupted access, error-free content or a particular cooking result. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim implied warranties and are not responsible for indirect or consequential losses arising from use of the site.
Nothing in these terms excludes liability or rights that applicable law does not allow to be excluded. We do not impose a mandatory arbitration clause or select a legal jurisdiction in this version.
Changes and contact
When these terms change, the effective date will be updated here. Review this page for the current version. Material changes will be described alongside the update.
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