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How Recipes and Things fixes a wrong quantity, temperature or claim, how a fix is marked on the page, and the log of every change made since the relaunch.
By Wes Hadley · · Updated
I spent years on a line where a wrong number on a prep sheet meant a ruined batch and a long night. A recipe on this site is the same kind of sheet. If something on it is wrong, I want to know, and I want you to be able to see what I changed.
How to report a mistake
Write to me through the contact page or at contact@recipesandthings.com. Tell me which page, which line, and what happened when you cooked it. If you made the dish and it came out wrong, say what you saw: too salty, burned at the edges, never set. That helps me find the error faster than a guess at the fix. I read every message and I retest before I change a recipe, so a fix can take a few days.
Correction or update
A correction fixes something that was wrong: a quantity, a temperature, a time, a pan size, a step left out, or a statement that did not hold up. If following the page as written could have given you a bad result, it is a correction.
An update improves a page that was not wrong: a clearer way to say a step, a better tip after more testing, a new section. Both go in the log below. I say which one it is.
How a fix is marked
When I change a page, two things happen. The “Updated” date at the top of the page changes to the day of the fix. And a short note goes at the end of the page saying what changed and when, in plain words, with the old figure and the new one when it is a number. I do not quietly swap a quantity and move on. If you printed the old version, the note tells you what to cross out.
Claims in Eating for Circulation
The Eating for Circulation section is held to a stricter rule. Every claim there is checked against its sources and labeled by how strong the evidence is. When new research comes out that bears on a claim, I go back to it. If the evidence got stronger or weaker, the label changes, the page gets a new “Updated” date and a note, and the change is listed here. A claim that no longer holds up is rewritten or removed, not left standing.
Change log
Every correction and update since the relaunch on , newest first.
| Date | Page | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| About | Update. Added a section on how this site earns money, including how affiliate links work and how paid pages are labeled “Advertisement.” The Privacy Policy and this Corrections page were reviewed the same day. | |
| Buttermilk Pancakes, Half Batch | Correction. Baking soda was listed as 1 teaspoon, carried over from the full batch instead of halved. It is now 1/2 teaspoon. Readers reported a soapy aftertaste; retested and fixed. | |
| Cast Iron Ribeye for Two | Update. Reworded the resting step so it is clear the internal temperature target is read before the steak comes off the pan, and that it keeps rising a few degrees during the 5-minute rest. | |
| Beet Cocoa Smoothie with Spinach and Pomegranate; Building the Beet Cocoa Smoothie, Step by Step | Correction. The cocoa is now specified as natural, unsweetened cocoa powder, not Dutch-processed, after retesting; the alkalized kind tasted flat and loses most of the cocoa flavanols the claims page talks about. Pomegranate juice now says 100% juice with no added sugar. | |
| Diner Hash Browns for Two | Correction. Added the step of squeezing the grated potato dry in a clean towel, which was missing and left the hash browns steaming instead of browning. Pan size corrected from 12-inch to 10-inch. |