In the whole scheme of things, recipe ownership probably doesn't mean a lot to most people. But if you are a recipe creator, chef, cookbook author, etc. then having your own recipes becomes meaningful. If you have taken the time, effort and your skill/talent, to put together a step-by-step plan to make a tasty dish, you don't want someone else saying it's theirs. That is plagiarism and in the writing world, one simply does not do that.

Long lead in to today's episode, sorry!

When does a recipe become yours? This question is especially important when you have taken an existing recipe and changed it. How much do you need to change before you can say...yep, that one belongs to me.

This is not a new issue. There is a long history of people "stealing" other people's work. However, there are only so many ways you can make a ham and cheese slider before someone says "HEY!" I did that first. I created that. Or is there?

I read a blogpost that highlighted this with regard to a column that Julia Child wrote back in the 80's. She posed the question of there being a type of food "telepathy" where we, as food industry people, all convene with the same collective mind.

We take a look at what it takes to change a recipe, why you would want to change one and is it "allowed". And, of course, it is.

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