Image Credits

Every photo you see on Spoon and Simmer — from a bubbling pot of gnocchi chicken pot pie to a slow cooker full of Sunday-worthy beef stew — is chosen with care. This page explains where our images come from, how we license or credit them, and what to do if you believe one of your own photos appears here without proper permission.

Our Original Photography

The majority of images across our recipes, from weeknight dinners to seasonal baking projects, are shot in our own kitchen specifically for this site. When a photo is original to Spoon and Simmer, no separate attribution is required because it belongs to us, and it should not be reused elsewhere without permission. If you would like to feature one of our original images on your own blog or social account, please reach out first through our Contact page so we can discuss terms.

Licensed Stock and Third-Party Images

Where we do not have our own photography ready — say, for a background ingredient shot or a seasonal mood image — we use stock photography or illustrations sourced from reputable, properly licensed platforms. These images are either purchased under a commercial license or used under a free-use license that permits publication without direct attribution. Even in cases where attribution is not legally required, we try to credit the original photographer or platform whenever it is practical to do so, either in the image caption or in a dedicated credit line near the recipe.

We take licensing seriously. Before any third-party image is published, it is checked against its source license to confirm it can legally be used for a commercial food and recipe website. If you ever come across an image on this site that you believe has been used outside its license terms, we want to know immediately — see the takedown section below.

User-Submitted and Collaboration Images

From time to time, we work with guest contributors, recipe developers, or brands through our Collaboration program. Any images submitted as part of a partnership are used with the explicit understanding — usually confirmed in writing — that the contributor either owns the rights to the image or has secured permission to share it with us for publication. If you have submitted images to us as part of a collaboration and would like a specific credit line, byline, or link added, please let us know and we will accommodate reasonable requests.

Pinterest and Social Media Graphics

Some images formatted specifically for saving and sharing, particularly those optimized for Pinterest, may combine our own food photography with licensed background textures, overlays, or fonts. Details about how these particular graphics are created and shared can be found in our Pinterest Disclaimer, which covers how pinned images link back to our recipes and how third-party platforms may display or crop them.

How to Request Credit

We make every reasonable effort to credit photographers, illustrators, and stock platforms accurately. That said, mistakes happen — a caption might be missed during a site update, or a credit line might not transfer correctly when a recipe is republished. If you notice a missing or incorrect credit for an image you created or own the rights to, please email us at [email protected] with:

• A direct link to the page where the image appears
• Proof of ownership or the original source of the image
• The exact credit line or link you would like added

We typically review and respond to these requests within a few business days.

Requesting a Takedown

If you believe an image on Spoon and Simmer infringes your copyright and you would prefer it be removed rather than credited, we take that seriously. Send us a written notice at the email above describing the image, its location on the site, and evidence of your ownership. Once verified, we will remove or replace the image promptly. For more context on how we handle content disputes and liability more broadly, please see our Disclaimer, which outlines the general limits of our responsibility for third-party content that appears on the site.

Reusing Our Images

We are always glad when readers want to share our recipes further — that is part of why we cook and write in the first place. If you would like to use one of our original photos in a blog post, roundup, or article, the simplest approach is a single representative image with a clear credit and a link back to the original recipe page, rather than reproducing an entire photo set. For anything beyond that, including commercial use, please contact us directly so we can confirm what is and is not permitted, in line with the terms described in our Terms of Use.

Questions About This Policy

Image sourcing and licensing can get complicated, and we would rather have a quick conversation than leave anything ambiguous. If anything on this page is unclear, or if you simply want to check whether a specific image is available for reuse, our Contact page is the fastest way to reach our team, and we are always happy to help sort out credit, licensing, or removal requests as quickly as possible.