Pinterest Disclaimer

Spoon and Simmer shares recipe pins and visual summaries on Pinterest to help readers discover our dinner, dessert, and baking posts more easily. This page explains how those pins work, why they may look different from what you see on our actual pages, and how to reach us if you have a question or concern about a specific image or pin.

Why We Use Pinterest

Pinterest is a visual discovery platform, and many of our readers first find recipes like our slow cooker beef stew or creamy mac and cheese through a pin rather than a direct search. Pins are designed to be quick, eye-catching summaries — a photo, a title, and a short description meant to give you a general sense of a recipe before you click through to read the full post. They are not meant to replace the actual recipe, instructions, or safety notes found on our site.

Because a pin is only a snapshot, it may not include every ingredient, every step, or every note about substitutions and timing. We always recommend reading the complete post on Spoon and Simmer before cooking, since that is where the full and most current version of any recipe lives.

Appearance May Vary by Screen and Platform

How a pin looks depends heavily on factors outside our direct control, including:

• The device, browser, or app version you are using
• Screen size, resolution, and color calibration
• Pinterest's own cropping, thumbnail sizing, and layout choices
• Lighting and photo-editing conditions at the time an image was captured

A finished dish photographed for a pin may appear slightly different in color, texture, or portion size compared to what you make at home. Recipe results naturally vary based on ingredients, cookware, and technique, so we treat every pin as a visual invitation rather than an exact promise of the final result. For background on how we source and credit the photography used across our site and pins, see our Image Credits page.

Pinterest Controls Its Own Platform

Spoon and Simmer creates and publishes pins, but the display, ranking, recommendation algorithms, and overall user experience on Pinterest are controlled entirely by Pinterest as a third-party platform. We do not manage how pins are shown to individual users, how they are grouped into boards by other Pinterest members, or how long a pin remains visible in search results or feeds.

This means that some pins you find may be older, may link to a recipe that has since been updated, or may have been re-pinned or edited by other Pinterest users in ways we did not authorize. If a pin ever directs you somewhere unexpected or looks altered from our original post, we encourage you to visit Spoon and Simmer directly to confirm the current, accurate version of any recipe.

Recipe Accuracy and Food Safety Reminder

Because pins are summaries, they should never be used as your only source for cooking times, temperatures, or ingredient substitutions, especially for dishes involving meat, poultry, dairy, or slow cooking methods. Always refer to the full written recipe on our site, use a food thermometer where appropriate, and follow safe handling practices for perishable ingredients. Our general Disclaimer covers additional details about how our recipes and content are intended to be used.

Rights, Attribution, and Visual Concerns

We take image sourcing seriously and aim to properly credit or license every photo used in our pins and posts. If you believe an image on one of our Pinterest pins has been used without proper permission, is misattributed, or you have any other rights-related concern about a visual we have shared, please let us know as soon as possible so we can review and correct it.

You can also reach out if:

• A pin appears to misrepresent a recipe from our site
• You notice a pin linking to a page that no longer exists or has moved
• You have questions about how a specific photo was sourced or edited

The fastest way to reach us is by email at [email protected], or through our Contact page. We review these messages personally and aim to respond promptly, correcting any genuine errors as quickly as we can.

How This Fits Our Broader Policies

This Pinterest Disclaimer works alongside our other site policies rather than replacing them. Our Editorial Policy explains how recipes are developed, tested, and updated, while our Privacy Policy covers how we handle data when readers click through from Pinterest to our site. If you are new to Spoon and Simmer, our About Us page is a good place to learn more about who is behind the recipes you see pinned.

We update this page occasionally to reflect changes in how Pinterest operates or how we manage our visual content, so we encourage you to check back if you have ongoing questions about our pins.