Disclaimer

Last updated: 1 August 2026

Read This Before You Take Our Word For Anything

We meant what we said on our About page: we’re enthusiasts, not experts. This page spells out, plainly and completely, what that means for how you should read everything else on this site.

We Are Not Food, Health, or Safety Professionals

Nobody who writes for Eat & Pour is a licensed nutritionist, dietitian, food safety inspector, sommelier, or medical professional, unless explicitly stated as a credential in an individual writer’s bio. Our content reflects personal opinion, personal experience, and independent research — not professional expertise.

Nothing on this Site should be taken as medical, dietary, nutritional, or health advice. If you have allergies, sensitivities, a medical condition, or any dietary concern, please consult a qualified professional — a doctor, registered dietitian, or allergist — before acting on anything you read here, including any recipe, ingredient recommendation, or producer mention.

Foraging, Wild Ingredients, and Home Preservation

Some of our content discusses foraged ingredients (wild mushrooms, fiddleheads, wild berries), home canning, fermentation, or the use of raw or unpasteurized products. This content describes our own experience and is not a food safety endorsement or a foraging or preservation guide.

Misidentifying wild mushrooms or plants can be seriously harmful, and improper home canning or fermentation technique can pose real health risks. If you choose to forage, preserve, or ferment food based on anything you read on this Site, you do so entirely at your own risk and using your own judgment. When in doubt, consult a qualified local expert or established safety resource before consuming anything wild-harvested or home-preserved.

Restaurants, Producers, and Businesses We Write About

We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or compensated by the restaurants, producers, distilleries, markets, or businesses we cover, unless a piece is explicitly and clearly labelled as sponsored content. Every opinion published on this Site reflects the individual writer’s honest, personal experience at a specific point in time.

Businesses close, change hands, change menus, and change quality. We make reasonable efforts to keep information accurate, but we cannot and do not guarantee that any restaurant, product, price, hour of operation, or business described on this Site remains accurate or available at the time you read it. Always confirm directly with the business before making plans around anything we’ve written.

Alcohol Content

This Site includes content about wine, beer, cider, and spirits, intended for readers of legal drinking age in their jurisdiction. Nothing here should be read as encouragement to consume alcohol irresponsibly or in violation of local law. If you choose not to drink, or can’t legally do so, we hope you’ll enjoy the rest of what we write about just the same.

Recipes and Results May Vary

Recipes published on this Site have been tested by the people who wrote them, under their own kitchen conditions, with their own equipment and ingredients. Results can vary based on your ingredients, altitude, equipment, and technique. We can’t guarantee any recipe will turn out exactly as described in your kitchen.

Affiliate Links and Sponsored Content

From time to time, this Site may include affiliate links (where we earn a small commission if you make a purchase through our link, at no extra cost to you) or clearly labelled sponsored content. We will always disclose this clearly, at the top of the relevant piece, in accordance with Canadian advertising disclosure standards. Our editorial opinions are never for sale, regardless of any affiliate or sponsorship relationship.

No Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Eat & Pour and its writers accept no liability for any loss, injury, illness, or damage arising from your reliance on, or use of, any content published on this Site — including but not limited to a recipe that didn’t turn out, a foraged ingredient that was misidentified, a business that closed or disappointed you, or any other outcome connected to something you read here.

Questions

If something on this Site concerns you, or you think we’ve gotten a safety-relevant detail wrong, please tell us at [email protected]. We’d genuinely rather fix it than leave it up.