Last Updated: January 15, 2025
Welcome to Our Cottage Cheese Corner of the Internet
By using AllCottageСheese.com, you’re agreeing to these terms. We’ve tried to write them in normal human language, but there’s still some legal stuff we need to cover to protect everyone involved.
Acceptance of Terms
When you use our website, subscribe to our newsletter, comment on recipes, or interact with our content in any way, you’re agreeing to these terms. If you don’t agree with something here, please don’t use our site. We’d rather be upfront about expectations than deal with misunderstandings later.
Use of Our Content
What You Can Do:
- Save our recipes for personal use (print them, bookmark them, save them to your recipe apps)
- Share links to our recipes on social media, blogs, or with friends
- Adapt our recipes for your dietary needs and preferences
- Use our recipes for non-commercial purposes (family dinners, potlucks, impressing your friends)
What You Can’t Do:
- Copy our entire recipes and republish them elsewhere as your own
- Use our content for commercial purposes without permission (no selling our recipes or using them in your restaurant without asking)
- Remove our name, website, or attribution when sharing our content
- Scrape our website with bots or automated tools
The Simple Rule: Share our recipes and give us credit. Don’t steal our work or pretend it’s yours. If you want to do something commercial with our content, just ask us first.
User Contributions
Comments on Recipes: When you comment on our recipes, you’re giving us permission to display, respond to, and potentially feature your comments. We love hearing about your modifications, successes, and even failures – they help other readers and improve our recipes.
Recipe Modifications & Tips: If you share a great modification or tip in the comments, we might incorporate it into our recipe instructions (with credit to you). By sharing your ideas publicly, you’re helping build our cottage cheese community.
Photos & Social Media: If you tag us in photos of our recipes on social media, you’re giving us permission to share them on our accounts. We love seeing your cottage cheese creations! If you don’t want us to share your photo, just let us know.
What We Won’t Tolerate:
- Spam, promotional content, or irrelevant links in comments
- Offensive, discriminatory, or harmful language
- False or misleading information about food safety
- Attempts to sell products or services in our comment sections
Intellectual Property
Our Stuff: The recipes, photos, writing, website design, and “All Cottage Cheese” name belong to us. We’ve worked hard to create this content, and we deserve credit when it’s shared.
Your Stuff: You own the rights to your comments, photos, and contributions. By sharing them on our site, you’re giving us permission to use them in connection with AllCottageСheese.com.
Respect: We respect other people’s intellectual property and expect our users to do the same. If you think someone’s violating copyright in our comments, let us know.
Food & Recipe Disclaimers
Recipe Results: We test all our recipes, but cooking involves variables we can’t control – your oven, ingredients, altitude, humidity, and skill level. Results may vary, and that’s totally normal.
Dietary Restrictions: We provide nutritional information and note common allergens, but we’re not dietitians or medical professionals. If you have serious food allergies or dietary restrictions, please verify ingredients and nutritional information independently.
Food Safety: Follow basic food safety practices when preparing our recipes. We include safety notes when relevant, but use common sense about things like proper food storage, cooking temperatures, and expiration dates.
Cottage Cheese Quality: Not all cottage cheese is created equal. Brand, fat content, and freshness affect recipe results. We’ll tell you when these factors matter, but ultimately you know your ingredients best.
Health & Nutrition Information
Not Medical Advice: We share nutritional information and talk about the benefits of cottage cheese, but we’re food enthusiasts, not healthcare professionals. Don’t use our content to diagnose, treat, or replace medical advice.
Individual Needs: Everyone’s nutritional needs and health situations are different. What works for us might not work for you, and that’s perfectly fine.
Accuracy Efforts: We research nutrition information from reliable sources, but we recommend verifying important details with healthcare professionals or registered dietitians for your specific needs.
Limitation of Liability
Website Functionality: We do our best to keep the site running smoothly, but technology isn’t perfect. We’re not responsible if the site is temporarily down, links don’t work, or you lose a recipe you were saving.
Recipe Outcomes: If a recipe doesn’t turn out perfectly, we’ll help you troubleshoot, but we can’t be responsible for ingredient costs, time spent, or dinner party disasters.
External Links: We sometimes link to other websites, stores, or resources. We don’t control these sites and can’t be responsible for their content, privacy practices, or policies.
Maximum Liability: Our total liability for any issues is limited to the amount you’ve paid us (which is currently zero, since our content is free).
User Conduct
Be Nice: Treat other commenters, our team, and the community with respect. We’re all here because we love food and want to help each other cook better.
Stay Relevant: Keep comments related to the recipe or post topic. Off-topic conversations are fine occasionally, but don’t derail recipe discussions.
No Commercial Promotion: Don’t use our comment sections to promote your business, blog, or products without permission. We reserve the right to remove promotional content.
Report Problems: If you see comments that violate these terms, let us know at [email protected].
Modifications & Updates
Recipe Updates: We improve recipes based on feedback and testing. When we make significant changes, we’ll note them in the recipe post.
Terms Changes: If we modify these terms, we’ll post the new version here and update the “Last Updated” date. Major changes will be announced to newsletter subscribers.
Continued Use: By continuing to use the site after terms changes, you’re agreeing to the new version.
Account Termination
Your Choice: You can stop using our site anytime. Unsubscribe from emails, stop commenting, delete bookmarks – totally your call.
Our Choice: We reserve the right to block access for users who repeatedly violate these terms, spam our comments, or create problems for other users.
Data Handling: If we block someone’s access, we’ll handle their data according to our privacy policy and applicable laws.
Governing Law & Jurisdiction
These terms are governed by the laws of Vermont, United States, where Elsie (our primary recipe creator) is located. Any legal disputes would be handled in Vermont courts.
For international users: By using our site, you agree to Vermont jurisdiction for any legal matters, though we’d much rather solve problems through friendly communication.
Contact Information
General Questions: [email protected]
Legal/Terms Questions: [email protected]
(Elsie handles these personally and will respond within 48 hours)
Technical Issues: [email protected]
Recipe Questions: [email protected]
Mail: All Cottage Cheese
[Address – Update with actual business address]
Vermont, United States
The Bottom Line
We want AllCottageСheese.com to be a helpful, friendly place where people discover amazing cottage cheese recipes and build confidence in their kitchens. These terms exist to protect that environment and everyone who contributes to it.
If you have questions about anything here, just ask. We’re real people who prefer solving problems through conversation rather than legal action.
Thanks for being part of our cottage cheese community!
These terms are effective as of the “Last Updated” date above. We’ve tried to write them in plain English, but if something isn’t clear, please ask for clarification.