Frequently Asked Questions | Recipes @ RecipeLand.com

Why do I have to register to print or use other features of RecipeLand.com?
... password to print,is so you can track users...
Where did you find all these recipes?
What possessed you to gather all these recipes?
Can I copy, reprint the recipes on the web site?
Where's the rest of the recipe?
What is the amount or this ingredient is missing. What do I do now?
How do I submit my own recipes?

Why do I have to register for certain features of RecipeLand.com?

When this site started in 1996 all features were open to all. The Internet community was a generally safe place and visitors behaved appropriately. Today was are faced with constant abuse. Spammers, Bots, porn sites and others have increasingly been using and abusing web sites Internet wide. We have had to take steps to protect our visitors and members to safeguard this web site and content from abuse.

Where did you find all these recipes? How did you make the site?

From the on-line community. Many of the recipes have been provided by the online community before the Internet existed from BBS's and FidoNet well before the Internet even existed.

We made the site with perl and a SQL database server. By profession the site founder is a Software Engineer.

What possessed you to gather all these recipes?

At the time I started the site I was a bachelor and was sick of having to run to the store. You look up a recipe out of a book and then find several key ingredients you don't have. I created the site so I could check my shelf, key in the ingredients and come up with something to eat.

If a non-profit, family organization is compiling a recipe book to sell as a fund-raising project, and would like to use some of the recipes on RecipeLand.com, would this be allowed? And what kind of copyright permission would be needed? If allowed, how should credit be stated?

Recipes from RecipeLand.com can be used freely for non-profit and/or personal informational uses as far as I am concerned. The recipes themselves were found via FTP in Mealmaster format shared freely well before the Internet existed. I then wrote perl scripts to process and massage them into a more usable format. This evolved in the present site you see now.

But like many long term computer users (15+yrs now) I have a belief that information should be free to all who feel they need it. However, if profit is made by eg. data-mining or mirroring the site then compensation and credit should be given.

As far as I'm concerned feel free to use the recipes for non-profit and or personal/informational uses and note the source of the recipe. eg. "Recipes found on the web site: http://recipeland.com.

Legal counsel has indicated to us that recipes are very difficult to copyright and are easily made yours simply be rewriting the directions in your own words. It appears that you can not copyright a list of ingredients but can copyright the paragraph or two of directions that you wrote. Of course laws may vary depending on where you are located.

Where's the rest of the recipe?

Unfortunately there's some recipes with missing directions. I have not checked every single recipe. There's nothing I can do to help. Try finding something similar to help direct you or maybe try posting a message to the online bulletin board for more assistance. Perhaps someone else is familiar with how to make the recipe.

Please complete the Feedback form including a link to the recipe. We will review and edit the recipe, removing it if needed.

What is the correct amount or this ingredient is missing. What do I do now?

Unfortunately there's some recipes with missing ingredients or incorrect amounts. I have not checked every single recipe. There's nothing I can do to help. Try finding something similar to help direct you or maybe try posting a message to the online bulletin board for more assistance. Perhaps someone else is familar with how to make the recipe.
If you send us the appropriate corrections we can add it into the recipe for others to use.

How do I submit my own recipes?
You can submit recipes here.