Why Chefs Don't Technically Own Their Own Recipes - Chowhound

Mechelle Brooks/Getty Images When you create a work of art, writing, or music, it is automatically protected by copyright, whether you specifically register it with the United States Copyright Office or not. But what about recipes? After all, recipe creators from celebrity chefs to bloggers may spend a substantial amount of time determining precise flavors and ratios. If, after all that effort, someone shared…