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Looks like most people just add a recipe inline inside the post itself. I've come across food blogs in the past where people make a print-friendly PDF version of the recipe and link it in the post. That is pretty custom and an extra step, so it's up to you to decide whether or not you'd like to do something like that. I'd recommend starting to build up a readership and then ask your readers what they'd like!

P.S. I *love* good food blogs! Welcome to WordPress.com. :)

There are some themes with different post formats, but I don't know of any that have a recipe template. Most bloggers here just use normal paragraph formatting for recipes.

Just started this blog quite some time back, and not till recently, have been fairly active on it! Bit about life, bit about tech, heavy on the food and a ladle of love!

http://letrezblog.wordpress.com/

Hope to see you'll there!

Cheers!

tReZ

You be welcome & Good luck with your blog

Here I thought this was going to be easy and enjoyable, it is still enjoyable, I don't wish to make any enemies here, my whole point was to build friendships..

I appreciate your taking the time to help a newcomer!!!

Got it, thank you, I will read up on all this plus what the owner of the recipe sent me, and be sure to change things.

Is there a way to place a disclaimer on a recipe say perhaps " unknown where recipe originated from, shared with me by friend" and that way if it belongs to someone they can let me know and I can then change it?

auxclass also stated to post a short tidbit of info with a link, not the entire recipe!

So much to learn..... :-)

That protocol insures you are not violating copyright law, and encourages any reader who wants to read the full post to click the link and visit the original post on its author’s site.

Succinctly stated whether or not the author of any original digital work has posted a copyright notice on their site or the work itself is irrelevant. It does not change the fact that they hold the copyright to their works and it cannot be re-published unless or until their permission has been given.

The only time a complete post can be legally re-published is when prior written permission has been received from the copyright holder. In other words, the same rules that apply to the world of print also apply in cyberspace.

So not the entire recipe, but a short into is ok with a link back, without asking them first? Or do you always have to ask them for permission?

Thank you!

I found a wonderful recipe for Turtle Popcorn (Caramel), and I posted it on my site with a link back to where it was from (its creator). She wrote to me and said that I am not allowed to do that, that if it wasn't removed I would be reported to DCMA, that I cannot copy word for word, but I can write the recipe in my own words, and change things.... well that to me is stupid, how then is it a recipe if I haven't yet made it with the changes I make to it? I thought my providing a link would credit the author and send more people to her site, because once there they would then look at other recipes.

Now sure, if I claimed they were mine, and mine alone, but I am not publishing a book, I am posting a recipe found on line and stating where I found it.

I have found so much pleasure in the recipes that I have posted many collected over the past 40 years, so now I feel as if I have to remove everything from my blog, and just move on to something else. But then it makes me think - what about a recipe someone makes for guests who enjoy it and then ask for it, who then make it for their guest, and it still gets passed around....

I am confused...... Debbie

If the other recipe is on a WordPress.COM blog you can use the "Reblog" feature that puts a short excerpt and picture from the other blog and a link back to the original article -

While providing a link back to where the recipe came from if not a family member, I have heard that this is a no, no.... and I could be reported.

Who told you that? While its is true that we cannot simply help ourselves to content under copyright without prior permission from the creator, we can quote from it and link back to it. Copyright applies in cyberspace just as it does offline. We do exactly the same thing in cyberpsace as we do in offline life when are writing and essay ie. we include brief quotes and correctly attribute the creator and the source.

How in the world do you share something you find online? I am giving credit to the rightful owner, I am never claiming the recipes to be my creation.... please help me understand this so I know how to continue or to stop my blog. Thank you~!
Blog url: http://deliciouskitchengoodness.wordpress.com/

I have a food blog which features recipes in almost every post. I would like readers to be able to print only the recipes (rather than having to print the whole post). Is this possible? Is there a widget for this? Right now the recipes are designated by being placed within a thin blue border.

Thanks for any help!!