paxamericana:

lightersandcurls:

Well that’s how you fucking make it

plagiarizing a recipe is still plagiarism. 9 out of 10 people probably make a grilled cheese the exact same way, but if you copy someone else’s grilled cheese recipe verbatim and present it as your own writing, you are committing plagiarism.

But not copyright infringement under U.S. law (that’s why internet recipe sites differentiate themselves with tedious personal narratives before the actual recipes, that’s protected), and recipe culture never developed a firm stance against copying recipes from others. (After all, traditional food culture consists of copying recipes from others and passing them on to others yet)

There’s certainly a faction that takes the “this is plagiarism, A Bad Thing” position. But there’s a counterfaction that considers cuisine as cultural heritage held in common, and considers the first faction to be avaricious elitists seeking to enclose the commons for personal gain.