Terms of Use

By using makeagrilledcheese.org, you agree to these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the site. If you are under 18, please use the site with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

Make A Grilled Cheese shares cooking as a practical, everyday tool for building focus, confidence, and a sense of control. Our content — including recipes, stories, videos, and the Let's Cook recipe finder — is for general information and encouragement only. It is not medical, psychological, or professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and it is not a substitute for care from a qualified professional.

• Cooking involves heat, sharp tools, and hot oil. Please use care, follow safe food-handling practices, and cook meat and eggs to safe temperatures.
• Always check ingredients for allergies and dietary needs. Recipes may contain or come into contact with common allergens.
• Nutrition information is an estimate and will vary with the ingredients, brands, and amounts you use.
• Videos are shared from other creators and may not follow our recipes exactly. Let's Cook suggestions and music picks are generated automatically and may contain mistakes.

When you send us a comment or story, you confirm that:

• it is your own experience and your own words, and
• it does not include anyone else's private information without their permission.

You keep ownership of what you write. By submitting it and giving permission to publish, you allow Make A Grilled Cheese to review, edit for length or clarity, and display it on this website and in materials that share our mission, free of charge. You choose whether your name is shown. You can ask us to remove your submission at any time through our Contact page.

Every submission is reviewed before it appears. We may decline or remove any submission at our discretion, for example if it is unsafe, hurtful, or off-topic.

Please help keep this a safe, kind place. Do not:

• post content that is hateful, harassing, threatening, sexually explicit, or encourages self-harm;
• share anyone's personal information without permission;
• post spam, advertising, or misleading content;
• try to access the admin area or other accounts, or disrupt or overload the site; or
• copy or collect site content using automated tools.

• The site's text, recipes, stories, design, logo, and original images belong to Make A Grilled Cheese or are used with permission.
• The Oblivion Universe — its characters, stories, and artwork — was created by Zackary Heatley and is published with permission of his estate. All rights reserved.
• Some photos are used under open licenses; each is credited on our Photo Credits page. Embedded videos belong to their creators.

You are welcome to print or save recipes for your own personal, non-commercial use, and to share links to our pages. Please do not republish, sell, or use our content commercially without our written permission.

When merchandise or donations are offered, purchases and payments are processed by third-party providers under their own terms. Prices, availability, and descriptions may change. Make A Grilled Cheese is a nonprofit foundation; net proceeds support our mission.

We link to helpful outside resources, videos, and services. We are not responsible for their content, policies, or practices, and a link does not mean we endorse everything on that site.

The site and its content are provided “as is,” without warranties of any kind. We work to keep information accurate and the site available, but we cannot guarantee it will always be error-free or uninterrupted.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Make A Grilled Cheese and its volunteers and board members are not liable for any injury, loss, or damage arising from your use of the site or from preparing any recipe. You are responsible for how you use the information here.

We may update these terms from time to time. Changes take effect when posted here, and the date at the top of this page will show the latest version. Continuing to use the site means you accept the updated terms.

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Maine, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

Questions about these terms? Please reach out through our Contact page.