Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about RecipeSource

We get far more e-mail than we can individually answer every day, so we've taken the questions we get asked the most and put answers to them here. Please check to see if your question is answered here before you mail us.
  1. Do you have a recipe for ________ ?
  2. Can you send me background or historical information on this food/culture?
  3. Why do I get a “content warning” when trying to access your site?
  4. Can I save or print recipes from your site?
  5. Can you send me recipes from your site?
  6. Can you answer my questions about nutrition or special diets required for medical conditions?
  7. Can I use recipes from your site in my publication?
  8. Can I put a link on my homepage that points to RecipeSource?
  9. How long can I safely store food before it goes bad?
  10. What are MasterCook & MealMaster?

If you've got a question about food or cooking, try asking on Food and Cooking Q&A from StackExchange, where many more people, including some professionals, will be able to see it and try to help you.

If you can't find the answer to a question about our site here, you can e-mail recipes @ recipesource.com and ask us. Please remember that answering questions about the site is something our volunteers do in their spare time, so be patient and don't expect us to be able to answer right away.

1. Do you have a recipe for ________ ?
Perhaps. Try using our search engine or looking through our wide range of categories. If it's not on the web site, we probably don't have it. In that case, try following these tips from Mimi's Cyber-Kitchen.
2. Can you send me background or historical information on this food/culture?
No. We collect and share recipes. You'll have to do research about the history and cultural backgrounds yourself. Wikipedia may be a good place to start, and the people on Food and Cooking Q&A from StackExchange may be able to help you.
3. Why do I get a “content warning” when trying to access your site?
Someone has enabled a content rating service on your computer or Internet access service and set it to a level which denies access to RecipeSource. For more information on how RecipeSource is rated, see our ratings information page. For more information on the content rating service on your computer, you'll have to ask the person who set it up.
4. Can I save or print recipes from your site?
Sure - we have no objection to it, and many people do so. If you're having problems, then you'll need to get someone to help you with your computer or browser - we have no control over how they save or print files.
5. Can you send me recipes from your site?
Sorry - but we just don't have the time - we have put thousands of hours into making them available on the web where everyone can access them directly - if you want a recipe from us, you can easily get it from the website much faster than mailing us.
6. Can you answer my questions about nutrition or special diets required for medical conditions?
Nope. While we'd love to be able to help, we're not qualified nutrionists or medical professionals of any sort. (We are actually just a bunch of people who enjoy cooking and computers and helping others, and find this is a fun way to do it. The closest thing we have to a medical professional on staff is a former dental assistant who will happily advise you to always brush and floss after each meal, but that's as far as we can go.)
7. Can I use recipes from your site in my publication?
We don't object to using some of the recipes from our site in your publication, however we do object to taking the entire site or large portions of it and passing it off as your own work. In addition, many of our recipes list the original sources, which you should contact for copyright permissions. If you do decide to include recipes from our site, we would appreciate an acknowledgement.
8. Can I put a link on my homepage that points to RecipeSource?
Yes, you can put links on your webpage that link to RecipeSource. We would prefer however, that you not link to individual recipes as recipe links are constantly changing.
9. How long can I safely store food before it goes bad?
We aren't qualified to answer questions on food storage, and wouldn't want to risk giving out incorrect information that may lead to someone getting food poisoning. We recommend you check the U.S. Government Food Safety Information Site.
10. What are MasterCook & MealMaster?

These are two of the most popular programs for people to use to store & organize their recipes on their home computer. MasterCook also includes features like nutritional analysis and menu planning. When you see a recipe is “Exported from” MasterCook or MealMaster, it just means the person who submitted it used that program to format it.

For more information on MasterCook, see the MasterCook publisher's web site, or Amazon.COM's reviews and purchasing information.

For more information on MealMaster, see http://episoft.home.comcast.net/.