The plain truth
How Crib works, and what it isn't
Crib is a place for home cooks to show what they make and for neighbors to find them. We wrote this in normal words, not legalese, so everyone knows exactly where they stand.
Last updated June 2026
Read this first
Crib is a directory, not a restaurant, store, or delivery service. We help cooks publish a page and help you find it. That's it. We don't take orders, handle money, prepare food, or deliver anything. When you reach out to a cook, you're dealing with that person directly, the same as texting a friend who bakes.
What Crib does
- Give home cooks a free page for their menu, photos, drops, and links
- Help neighbors discover cooks and reach out to them directly
- Keep the directory tidy and take down listings that break the rules
What Crib doesn't
- Take orders, hold money, or process any payment
- Cook, package, inspect, or deliver any food
- Set prices, guarantee availability, or handle refunds
- Get in the middle of a dispute between you and a cook
What Crib is
Crib is a discovery directory. We help people find independent home cooks and reach out to them directly. We do not prepare, sell, deliver, inspect, or process payment for any food, and we are never a party to a transaction between a cook and a customer.
In plain words: We're the phone book, not the kitchen.
Your account
You can create a free account to save cooks or to claim and run a cook page. Keep your password secure, give accurate information, and keep it current. You're responsible for what happens under your account, and you need to be old enough to form a binding agreement where you live.
In plain words: Keep your password safe. The activity under it is yours.
Cook pages and content
Cooks are independent and solely responsible for their own listings: menus, prices, photos, availability, ingredients, allergen information, food safety, licensing, taxes, and following the law. By posting, a cook confirms they have the right to share it and that it's accurate. You give Crib permission to display that content in the directory, and we can remove any listing at our discretion.
In plain words: Cooks own their listings, and the food safety, licensing, and taxes that come with them.
Playing fair
Don't post anything unlawful, harmful, deceptive, or that infringes someone else's rights. Don't impersonate a cook or business you don't represent. Don't scrape, overload, or try to break the service. Only use Crib to share home-cooked food and related goods.
In plain words: Be honest, don't pretend to be someone you're not, and keep it to home cooking.
Money and orders never touch Crib
Every order, payment, pickup, delivery, refund, and dispute is handled directly between you and the cook. Crib isn't responsible for the quality, safety, legality, or outcome of any food or transaction.
In plain words: Whatever you pay, you pay the cook. We never see a cent of it.
The legal bit
The service is provided as is, without warranties of any kind. To the fullest extent the law allows, Crib isn't liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, or for anything that comes out of your dealings with a cook or any food you get through a listing. We may update these terms over time, and continued use after a change means you accept it.
In plain words: Use Crib as it is. We're not on the hook for what happens between you and a cook.
Questions about any of this?
We'd rather hear from you than have you guess. Reach the team and a human will answer.
This summary explains how Crib operates. It isn't legal advice. Cooks are responsible for following the food, tax, and licensing rules where they live.