Effective Date: May 30, 2026
Welcome to Cook Simple Food. These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of https://cooksimplefood.com (the “Website”), including all recipes, articles, images, videos, comments, email features, digital content, and related services offered through the Website.
By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the Website.
1. About Cook Simple Food
Cook Simple Food is a recipe and food content website created to share practical recipes, cooking tips, kitchen guidance, meal ideas, and related food content for home cooks.
The Website may include recipe articles, cooking guides, images, videos, email sign-up forms, comments, advertising, affiliate links, sponsored content, and links to third-party websites or services.
2. Eligibility and Acceptance
You must be at least 13 years old to use this Website.
By using the Website, you represent that you are legally able to accept these Terms and that your use of the Website complies with all applicable laws and regulations.
If you are using the Website on behalf of a company, organization, or other legal entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity to these Terms.
3. Changes to These Terms
We may update or modify these Terms at any time.
When we make changes, we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Website after updated Terms are posted means you accept the revised Terms.
We encourage you to review this page regularly.
4. Privacy Policy and Cookies
Your use of the Website is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, share, and protect information.
Our Privacy Policy also explains our use of cookies, analytics tools, advertising technologies, affiliate tracking, and privacy choices that may be available to you depending on your location.
Please review our Privacy Policy carefully before using the Website.
5. Website Content Is for Informational Purposes Only
The recipes, nutrition estimates, cooking tips, kitchen guides, product mentions, and other content on Cook Simple Food are provided for general informational and educational purposes only.
The content on this Website is not intended to replace professional advice. This includes, but is not limited to, medical, dietary, nutritional, allergy, safety, legal, or financial advice.
You are responsible for how you use any recipe, tip, or information found on the Website.
6. Recipe, Nutrition, and Food Safety Disclaimer
We work to provide helpful and practical recipe information, but we cannot guarantee that every result will be exactly the same in every kitchen.
Cooking results may vary based on ingredients, brands, equipment, oven performance, altitude, humidity, substitutions, portion sizes, and personal cooking methods.
Any nutrition information provided on the Website is an estimate only. Nutrition values may vary depending on the specific ingredients and brands used.
You are responsible for:
- Checking ingredient labels
- Avoiding ingredients that may cause allergies or sensitivities
- Following proper food safety practices
- Cooking foods to safe internal temperatures
- Storing and reheating food safely
- Using kitchen tools, appliances, knives, heat, and equipment responsibly
Cook Simple Food is not responsible for illness, injury, allergic reactions, food safety issues, or other problems that may result from your preparation, handling, storage, or consumption of food.
7. Allergens and Dietary Needs
Recipes on the Website may contain or reference common allergens, including but not limited to milk, eggs, wheat, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, sesame, and other ingredients.
Even if a recipe is described using terms such as “gluten-free,” “dairy-free,” “low-carb,” “healthy,” or similar wording, you are responsible for verifying that all ingredients meet your personal dietary needs.
Always read ingredient labels and consult a qualified professional if you have food allergies, medical conditions, or dietary restrictions.
8. Intellectual Property Rights
Unless otherwise stated, all content on the Website is owned by Cook Simple Food or used with permission. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Recipes
- Text
- Article structure
- Photos
- Videos
- Graphics
- Logos
- Branding
- Page design
- Downloadable materials
- Digital products
- Email content
- Website layout
This content is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.
You may access and use the Website for personal, non-commercial purposes only.
9. Limited License to Use the Website
We grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Website for personal, non-commercial use.
You may:
- Read recipes and articles
- Print or save a recipe for personal use
- Share links to our Website
- Use recipes in your own home kitchen
You may not:
- Copy and republish our recipes or articles on another website
- Repost full recipes, instructions, or articles on social media
- Use our images, videos, or graphics without written permission
- Sell, license, or commercially exploit our content
- Use our content in cookbooks, ebooks, apps, courses, newsletters, or paid products without permission
- Remove copyright notices, branding, or attribution
- Copy the Website design, structure, or branding
- Use automated tools to scrape, extract, copy, or collect content
- Use our content to train artificial intelligence models or machine learning systems without written permission
Sharing a direct link to our content is welcome. Copying the full content is not.
10. User Content, Comments, and Submissions
The Website may allow users to submit comments, reviews, questions, messages, feedback, or other content (“User Content”).
By submitting User Content, you represent that:
- You own or have permission to submit the content
- Your content does not violate any law or third-party rights
- Your content is not false, misleading, abusive, hateful, defamatory, obscene, threatening, spammy, or otherwise harmful
- Your content does not contain malware, advertising spam, or unauthorized promotional material
By submitting User Content, you grant Cook Simple Food a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable, transferable license to use, reproduce, publish, display, edit, distribute, and promote your content in connection with the Website and related platforms.
We may moderate, edit, refuse, or remove User Content at any time for any reason, including content that we believe violates these Terms or harms the Website, our readers, or our brand.
11. Prohibited Activities
You agree not to use the Website to:
- Violate any law, regulation, or third-party right
- Submit false, misleading, abusive, defamatory, hateful, or harmful content
- Impersonate another person or entity
- Interfere with the Website’s security, performance, or functionality
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, servers, accounts, or systems
- Upload viruses, malware, scripts, or harmful code
- Scrape, crawl, harvest, or extract Website data without permission
- Use bots, automated systems, or bulk data collection tools
- Copy content for republication, resale, or commercial use
- Use our content for AI training, dataset creation, or machine learning purposes without written permission
- Spam comments, forms, or email systems
- Misrepresent your relationship with Cook Simple Food
- Use the Website in a way that could damage our reputation, business, users, or advertising relationships
We may suspend, restrict, or terminate access to the Website if we believe these Terms have been violated.
12. Third-Party Links and Services
The Website may contain links to third-party websites, products, services, social media platforms, tools, advertisements, affiliate partners, or other external resources.
We do not control third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for their content, accuracy, policies, privacy practices, security, availability, or actions.
Your use of third-party websites and services is at your own risk and subject to their own terms and policies.
13. Advertising, Affiliate Links, and Sponsored Content
Cook Simple Food may display advertisements, participate in affiliate programs, publish sponsored content, or work with advertising partners.
This may include, but is not limited to:
- Display ads
- Google advertising products
- Ad management platforms
- Affiliate links
- Sponsored posts
- Brand collaborations
- Product mentions
If you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.
Sponsored content, paid partnerships, or material relationships will be disclosed where required.
Advertising networks and affiliate partners may use cookies, tracking technologies, or similar tools as described in our Privacy Policy.
Our goal is to keep recommendations practical, relevant, and useful for readers.
14. Editorial Independence
We may earn revenue from advertising, affiliate links, sponsored content, or digital products.
However, we aim to keep our recipe notes, cooking tips, opinions, and recommendations honest and reader-focused.
We do not guarantee that every product, tool, ingredient, or service mentioned will be suitable for every reader. You are responsible for evaluating whether any product or service is right for your needs.
15. Email Newsletters
If you subscribe to our email newsletter, you agree to receive emails from Cook Simple Food, which may include recipe updates, kitchen tips, seasonal content, promotional messages, or related information.
You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our emails or by contacting us.
We do not guarantee that all emails will be delivered successfully, as delivery may depend on email providers, spam filters, or technical systems outside our control.
16. Accounts and Login Features
The Website may offer account, login, membership, or saved recipe features in the future.
If you create an account, you agree to:
- Provide accurate and current information
- Keep your login details confidential
- Accept responsibility for activity under your account
- Notify us if you believe your account has been accessed without permission
We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, create risk, or misuse the Website.
17. Digital Products, Downloads, or Paid Offers
Cook Simple Food may offer digital products, downloads, ebooks, templates, meal plans, memberships, or other paid resources in the future.
Unless otherwise stated, digital products are for personal use only and may not be copied, shared, resold, redistributed, republished, uploaded, licensed, or used commercially.
Additional terms, refund policies, license terms, or purchase conditions may apply to paid products. If there is a conflict between these Terms and product-specific terms, the product-specific terms will apply.
18. Copyright Complaints and DMCA Notices
We respect the intellectual property rights of others and expect users of the Website to do the same.
If you believe that content on the Website infringes your copyright, you may send a written copyright notice that includes:
- Your full name and contact information
- A description of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed
- The exact URL or location of the allegedly infringing material
- A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
- A statement that the information in your notice is accurate
- A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner
- Your physical or electronic signature
Send copyright notices to:
Email: contact@cooksimplefood.com
Subject Line: DMCA Notice
We may remove or disable access to content that we believe may infringe copyright. We may also restrict users who repeatedly violate intellectual property rights.
Submitting false or misleading copyright claims may result in legal consequences.
19. No Guarantee of Website Availability
We work to keep the Website available and useful, but we do not guarantee that the Website will always be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or available.
We may update, modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Website at any time without notice.
We are not responsible for temporary downtime, technical errors, broken links, data loss, plugin issues, hosting issues, third-party service problems, or security incidents beyond our reasonable control.
20. Disclaimers
The Website and all content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Cook Simple Food makes no warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of accuracy, reliability, availability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or that the Website will meet your expectations.
We do not guarantee:
- Recipe results
- Nutrition accuracy
- Food safety outcomes
- Product availability
- Third-party product quality
- Advertising accuracy
- Website uptime
- Error-free content
- Compatibility with your device, browser, or software
You use the Website at your own risk.
21. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Cook Simple Food and its owners, team members, contributors, authors, partners, service providers, and affiliates will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from or related to your use of the Website.
This includes, but is not limited to, damages related to:
- Use of recipes or cooking information
- Food preparation, storage, or consumption
- Allergic reactions or dietary issues
- Reliance on nutrition estimates
- Website errors or interruptions
- Third-party links, ads, products, or services
- Lost data, lost profits, or business interruption
- Unauthorized access or security issues
- User Content or comments
To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability for any claim related to the Website will not exceed $100 USD.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations of liability, so some of the above limitations may not apply to you.
22. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Cook Simple Food and its owners, team members, contributors, authors, partners, service providers, and affiliates from and against any claims, damages, liabilities, losses, costs, and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising from or related to:
- Your use of the Website
- Your violation of these Terms
- Your User Content
- Your violation of any law or regulation
- Your violation of any third-party rights
- Your misuse of recipes, information, products, or services mentioned on the Website
23. Termination
We may suspend, block, or terminate your access to the Website at any time, with or without notice, if we believe you have violated these Terms, created risk, caused harm, or used the Website in a way that is unlawful or inappropriate.
Upon termination, your right to use the Website will immediately stop.
Sections that by their nature should survive termination will continue to apply, including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and governing law.
24. International Users
Cook Simple Food is intended primarily for users in the United States.
If you access the Website from outside the United States, you are responsible for complying with your local laws.
We make no representation that the Website, its content, or its services are appropriate or available in every country or jurisdiction.
25. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
You agree that any dispute arising from or related to these Terms or your use of the Website will be handled in the state or federal courts located in Delaware, unless applicable law requires otherwise.
26. Dispute Resolution
Before filing any legal claim, you agree to contact us first and attempt to resolve the dispute informally.
You can contact us at:
Email: contact@cooksimplefood.com
Subject Line: Legal Notice
We will attempt to respond and address the issue in a reasonable manner.
27. Severability
If any part of these Terms is found to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, the remaining parts will continue in full force and effect.
The invalid or unenforceable part will be interpreted as closely as possible to the original intent while remaining enforceable under applicable law.
28. No Waiver
Our failure to enforce any part of these Terms does not mean we waive our right to enforce that part or any other part in the future.
Any waiver must be in writing to be effective.
29. Entire Agreement
These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any additional terms that apply to specific features, products, or services, form the entire agreement between you and Cook Simple Food regarding your use of the Website.
30. Contact Us
If you have questions about these Terms, contact us at:
Cook Simple Food
Website: https://cooksimplefood.com
Email: contact@cooksimplefood.com