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Editorial Policy
Who writes the recipes, where the images come from, and how we correct errors.
Who Creates the Material
Recipes, pairing ideas, and draft copy are developed with generative AI from a structured content model. Editorial review checks that the ingredients, quantities, timing, method, and page labels agree with one another. We do not present generated copy as kitchen-tested unless it has actually been cooked and verified.
How a Recipe Is Developed
- We state how the recipe was produced. AI helps generate and draft the recipe collection. Editorial review and consistency checks are not the same as cooking every dish, and we say so plainly.
- We record ingredients and amounts. Ingredients are measured by weight or count rather than by guesswork.
- We include signs of doneness, not only minutes. Gnocchi float, dough stops sticking, and sauce thickens. Those physical cues are more reliable than a timer alone because stoves and cookware vary.
- We explain why a step works. Understanding the reason makes it easier to adapt a recipe to your kitchen and ingredients.
- We do not promise identical results. Potatoes vary in moisture, flour varies in absorption, and stoves vary in heat. We point out where those differences may change the recipe.
Accuracy and Sources
We work to verify reference and historical claims and do not present speculation as fact. When experts disagree, we say plainly that there is no single accepted account.
Cooking Guidance Is Not Medical Advice
Everything we publish about food and eating is culinary guidance, not medical advice. We do not diagnose conditions, prescribe diets, or decide whether a dish is appropriate for your health.
Gluten-free and vegan labels describe recipe ingredients, not treatment. If you have allergies, celiac disease, pregnancy, or a chronic condition, discuss food choices with your clinician and check packaged-food labels because flour blends and prepared sauces can change.
We Disclose Our Own Interest
World of Gnocchi has a commercial interest in the gnocchi boards featured on the site. The boards are made by Carpentry Dynasty, the family workshop behind the project. We disclose that connection directly instead of presenting our own products as an independent recommendation.
Our gnocchi board is available through the current Amazon listing. Enter WOFG15 at checkout for 15% off eligible items while the promotion is active.
The site does not currently publish paid reviews of third-party products. If sponsored material is added later, it will be labeled in the article.
What We Do Not Do
- present an illustration as a photograph of the cooked dish;
- publish someone else's writing or photographs without permission;
- do not describe a generated recipe as kitchen-tested when it has not been;
- make health claims outside our expertise.
Images on the Site
This disclosure deserves its own section.
Nearly all images on the site are created with generative AI. Images of dishes, ingredients, kitchen scenes, and dough are illustrations. They convey an idea and help explain a step, but they do not document a specific cooking session.
The exception is gnocchi board photography. Those are real photographs of boards made by Carpentry Dynasty, the family workshop behind World of Gnocchi, showing the actual wood, grooves, and finish.
We cannot yet photograph every dish in a studio, and presenting an illustration as documentary photography would be misleading. The rule is simple: if an image shows food, it is an illustration; if it shows a board, it is a photograph.
Use the signs of doneness in the recipe, not the illustration, to judge the food. An illustration is not evidence of a tested outcome, and its sauce color is not a reference standard.