About Cost to Cook
Who is behind Cost to Cook, how its articles are made, and how to reach it.
What Cost to Cook is
What home cooking really costs, and how to eat well for less: the price of a meal worked out ingredient by ingredient, with the sources for every price.
It sets out to show what a home-cooked meal costs, ingredient by ingredient, and where the money in a food budget goes.
It is written for home cooks who want to know what a meal costs before they shop.
What it covers
What a meal costs to make; cooking at home against eating out; cheap protein and staples; the energy cost of cooking; food budgets and waste.
How the articles are made
Articles are researched and drafted with AI, checked against their sources, and reviewed before they are published.
Each one ends with "How this was made": the sources it used, the model that drafted it and what it cost. Nothing about how a page was made is hidden.
Who signs them
Articles are signed with a pen name for Cost to Cook's editorial team, so the site keeps one voice. The note under each article says when a name is a pen name.
A pen name is not a person with credentials, and no article claims experience nobody had.
Mistakes and corrections
If something is wrong or out of date, write through the contact page. It is checked, and the article is corrected.
Every correction made after an article was published is noted under the article and listed, with its date, on one page:
How the site is paid for
Some articles may contain affiliate links: if you buy through one, the site may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. Recommendations are not for sale.