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Last updated February 5, 2026
Welcome and thank you for visiting. Our goal is to provide a positive and encouraging website filled with delicious recipes for you and your family. To ensure that everyone can have that type of experience, we’ve established some rules.
The Vanilla and Bean website (the “Website”) is owned and operated by Vanilla And Bean, LLC (“V&B”). The following terms and conditions (together with any documents referred to in them) (collectively, the “Terms”) apply to your use of the Website, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through the Website, whether through mobile or desktop application versions of the Website. Please read these Terms carefully before using the Website. Additionally, please review our PRIVACY POLICY and WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT to understand our practices. Your access, visitation and/or use of the Website will constitute your agreement to these Terms and associated Privacy Policy.
The Terms contain important information regarding your legal rights including mandatory arbitration, no class relief, and waiver of your right to a jury trial.
If you do not wish to be bound by these Terms or the Privacy Policy, you may not access, visit, and/or use the Website.
The Terms and Privacy Policy may be modified from time to time; the date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page, so check back often. Continued access of the Website by you will constitute your acceptance of any changes or revisions to the Terms or Privacy Policy. If you breach, violate, fail to follow, or act inconsistently with the rules, restrictions, limitations, terms and/or conditions that apply to the Website, whether listed in these Terms or Privacy Policy, posted on this Website or otherwise communicated to users of the Website (collectively, the “Agreement”), we may terminate, discontinue, suspend, and/or restrict your account/profile, your ability to access, visit, and/or use the Website or any portion thereof, and/or the Agreement, including without limitation any of our purported obligations hereunder, with or without notice, in addition to our other remedies. In addition, we may curtail, restrict, or refuse to provide you with any future access, visitation, and/or use of the Website. We reserve the right, in addition to our other remedies, to take any technical, legal, and/or other action(s) that we deem necessary and/or appropriate, with or without notice, to prevent violations and enforce the Agreement and remediate any purported violations. You acknowledge and agree that we have the right hereunder to an injunction without posting a bond to stop or prevent a breach or violation of your obligations under the Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of these Terms and Privacy Policy, and any rules, restrictions, limitations, terms and/or conditions that may be posted at various points on the Website or otherwise communicated to users of the Website, we shall determine which rules, restrictions, limitations, terms and/or conditions shall control and prevail in our sole discretion, and you specifically waive any right to challenge or dispute such determination. Among other things, the Agreement governs all text, articles, photographs, images, graphics, illustrations, creative, copy, artwork, video, audio, music, podcasts, ringtones, games, trademarks, trade names, service marks, and other brand identifiers, designs, plans, software, source and object code, algorithms, data, statistics, analysis, formulas, indexes, registries, repositories, and all other content, information, and materials (collectively, “Content”) available on or through the Website, whether posted, uploaded, transmitted, sent or otherwise made available by us, our licensors, vendors, and/or service providers, or by you, and/or other users or third parties, including any such Content uploaded manually or bookmarked by you and/or other users.
The Website is intended only for users 18 years of age or older. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, with the permission of your parent or legal guardian, you may view the Website as a visitor.
To access part of the Website, or some of the resources offered, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Website that, if requested, all the information you provide on the Website is correct, current and complete.
The Content on the Website is for information purposes only and cannot replace the services of licensed or trained professionals in any specific field. You agree that your use of and browsing of the Website is at your risk. While the Content may be related to general and specific nutrition or health issues, the Content is made available with the express understanding that all Content on the website is for information purposes only and is not to be considered the professional dispensation of medical, health, or nutritional advice. Do not use information from the Website for self-diagnosis. If you have questions or concerns about starting, stopping, or making changes to your current health, medical, or nutritional choice you should contact your physical or other medical or health care professional. We are not liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, special, exemplary or other damages that may result, including but not limited to, economic loss, injury, illness or death.
V&B has taken reasonable efforts to ensure that the information contained on the Website is accurate. V&B HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES. V&B IS MAKING THE WEBSITE AVAILABLE “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. YOU ASSUME THE RISK OF ANY AND ALL DAMAGE OR LOSS FROM USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVICE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, V&B EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT. V&B DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.
The Website may contain interactive features that allow you to post, submit, publish, display or transmit to other users (hereinafter “post”) content or materials (collectively, “User Contributions”) on or through the Website. Any User Contribution you post to the Website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we have the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose. You represent and warrant that you own or control all rights in and to the User Contributions and have the right to grant the Website the license granted in this paragraph. You represent and warrant that all of your User Contributions do and will comply with these Terms, and you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless V&B, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, vendors, suppliers, and associated third parties from any breach of this representation and warranty. You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for any User Contributions you submit or contribute, and you, not V&B, have full responsibility for the legality, reliability, accuracy, and appropriateness of such content. Any content and/or opinions submitted to the Website, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by the Website are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity submitting them and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of V&B. V&B is not responsible or liable to any third party for the content or accuracy of any materials posted by you or any other user of the Website. We have the right to:
- Remove or refuse to post any User Contributions for any or no reason in our sole discretion;
- Take any action with respect to any User Contribution that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion if we believe that such User Contribution violates the Terms, infringes any intellectual property right or other right of V&B or a third party, threatens the personal safety of users of the Website or the public or could create liability for V&B;
- Disclose your identity to law enforcement, government regulators, court of competent jurisdiction, and any other third party who claims that material posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy;
- Take appropriate action, including, without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website;
- Terminate your access to all or part of the Website for any or no reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms.
- Without limiting the foregoing, V&B has the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of anyone posting any materials on or through the Website. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS V&B FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY V&B DURING OR AS A RESULT OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS AND FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER V&B OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES. However, we do not undertake to review all material before it is posted on the Website, and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications or content provided by any user or third party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or non-performance of the activities described in this paragraph.
The Website assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable for any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing of the Website or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from the Website.
All right, title and interest in the Website and any V&B-created content contained herein is the exclusive property of V&B, unless otherwise stated. The trademarks, logos, and service marks displayed on the Website (collectively the “Trademarks”) are the trademarks of V&B or their respective third-party owners. Under no circumstances may you alter, modify, or change these trademarks. You are prohibited from using the trademarks for any purpose without the written permission of V&B or the appropriate trademark owner. Nothing contained on the Website should be understood as granting you a license to use any of the trademarks, service marks, or logos owned by V&B or by any third party.
The Website may contain links to other websites operated by third parties. Such links are provided for your convenience only. V&B has no control over, and no liability for, any third party websites or materials. V&B works with a number of partners and affiliates whose internet sites may be linked with the Website. Because neither V&B nor the Website has control over the content and performance of these partner and affiliate sites, V&B makes no guarantees about the accuracy, currency, content, or quality of the information provided by such sites, and V&B assumes no responsibility for unintended, objectionable, inaccurate, misleading, or unlawful content that may reside on those sites. Similarly, from time to time in connection with your use of the Website, you may have access to content items (including, but not limited to, websites) that are owned by third parties. You acknowledge and agree that V&B makes no guarantees about, and assumes no responsibility for, the accuracy, currency, content, or quality of this third party content, and that, unless expressly provided otherwise, these Terms shall govern your use of any and all third party content.
By entering sweepstakes and/or contests on the V&B Website you agree to subscribe to the V&B email list. Participants and winners are responsible for knowing and complying with all local, state, and federal laws. See the Official Rules of the Website and the specific promotion for full details.
Occasionally V&B will provide content that includes wine, beer, or spirits. That content is intended for readers 21 and over. Please drink responsibly.
Limitations on Liability. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, V&B, OR OUR VENDORS OR SERVICE PROVIDERS (COLLECTIVELY, “WE” OR “US”), SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF ANY OF US EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID OR PAYABLE TO RAPTIVE BY YOU FOR THE WEBSITE DURING THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO THE ACT, OMISSION, OR OCCURRENCE GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY; OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100). THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, STATUTE, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE PARTIES HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
V&B imposes certain restrictions on your permissible use of the Website. You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate any security features of the Website or the services provided on the Website, including, without limitation, (a) accessing content or data not intended for you, or logging onto a server or account that you are not authorized to access; (b) attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Website, or any associated system or network, or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (c) interfering or attempting to interfere with service to any user, host, or network, including, without limitation, by means of submitting a virus to the Website or any aspect of the services provided on the Website, overloading, “flooding,” “spamming,” “mail bombing,” or “crashing;” (d) using the Website, or any service provided on the Website, to send unsolicited e-mail, including, without limitation, promotions, or advertisements for products or services; (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or in any posting using the Website or the services provided thereon; or (f) attempting to modify, reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reduce or attempt to reduce to a human-perceivable form any of the source code used by V&B in providing the Website or the services provided. Any violation of system or network security may subject you to civil and/or criminal liability.
The content V&B makes available on the Website and through other channels (the “Service”) was created, developed, compiled, prepared, revised, selected, and/or arranged by V&B, using V&B methods and judgment, and through the expenditure of substantial time and effort. The Service and the content made available on the Website are proprietary, and are protected by these Terms, copyright laws, and other intellectual property laws and treaties. The Service is also protected as a collective work or compilation under U.S. copyright and other laws and treaties. V&B provides the Website for your personal, non-commercial use only.
You may not use, and may not authorize any third party to use, the Service or any content made available on this Service in any manner that (i) is a source of or substitute for the Service or the content; (ii) affects V&B’s ability to earn money in connection with the Service or the content; or (iii) competes with the Service V&B provides. These restrictions apply to any robot, spider, scraper, web crawler, or other automated means or any similar manual process, or any software used to access the Service. You further agree not to violate the restrictions in any robot exclusion headers of the Service, if any, or bypass or circumvent other measures employed to prevent or limit access to the Service by automated means.
You agree to indemnify V&B for certain of your acts and omissions. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless V&B, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, and representatives from any and all third party claims, losses, liability, damages, and/or costs (including reasonable attorney fees and costs) arising from your access to or use of the Website, your violation of these Terms, or your infringement, or infringement by any other user of your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. V&B will notify you promptly of any such claim, loss, liability, or demand, and will provide you with reasonable assistance, at your expense, in defending any such claim, loss, liability, damage, or cost.
If, for whatever reason, a court of competent jurisdiction finds any term or condition in these Terms to be unenforceable, all other terms and conditions will remain unaffected and in full force and effect. No waiver of any breach of any provision of these Terms shall constitute a waiver of any prior, concurrent, or subsequent breach of the same or any other provisions hereof, and no waiver shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.
Consent to Data Collection. These Terms of Service incorporate our Privacy Policy (https://vanillaandbean.com/privacy/) which discloses how we, our vendors, and our service providers collect and use data when you use the Website and/or mobile applications. You hereby consent to the collection and use of data by us, our vendors, and our service providers as described in the Privacy Policy (including any links to other policies therein). You can revoke this consent at any time by following the opt-out instructions in the Privacy Policy or clicking the provided links on the Website.
UNITED STATES USE ONLY. The Website is controlled and operated by V&B from its offices in the State of Washington. V&B makes no representation that any of the materials or the services to which you have been given access are available or appropriate for use in other locations. Your use of or access to the Website should not be construed as V&B’s purposefully availing itself of the benefits or privilege of doing business in any state or jurisdiction other than Washington and the United States.
These Terms will be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington. All disputes related to these Terms shall be submitted for resolution by binding arbitration in accordance with the “Binding Arbitration” section below.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE APPLICABLE LAWS, YOU HEREBY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THESE TERMS, AND THE BREACH THEREOF WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT AND INCLUDING ANY CLAIM FOR FRAUDULENT INDUCEMENT.
You hereby irrevocably waive any right to seek and/or obtain injunctive or other equitable relief or any order against us, and/or to enjoin or restrain or otherwise impair in the production, distribution, exhibition or other exploitation of any of our content, products, services, productions, or projects.
Binding Arbitration (“Arbitration Agreement”)
a. Applicability of Arbitration Agreement. You agree that any dispute or claim against us, or our vendors or service providers (collectively, “We” or “Us”), related in any way to your access or use of this website, to these Terms, or to any aspect of your relationship with Us, will be resolved by binding arbitration, rather than in court, except that (1) you may assert claims in small claims court if your claims qualify, so long as the matter remains in such court and advances only on an individual (non-class, non-representative) basis; and (2) you or We may seek equitable relief in court for infringement or other misuse of intellectual property rights (such as trademarks, trade dress, domain names, trade secrets, copyrights, and patents). You agree that you must commence any arbitration or other claim within one (1) year after the dispute arises; otherwise, the claim is permanently barred, which means that you will no longer have the right to assert a claim regarding the dispute. This Arbitration Agreement will apply, without limitation, to all claims that arose or were asserted before the effective date of these Terms or any prior version of this Arbitration Agreement.
You agree in advance that you will not participate in or seek to recover monetary or other relief in any lawsuit filed against Us, alleging class, collective, and/or representative claims on your behalf. Instead, by agreeing to arbitration, you may bring your claims against any of Us in an individual arbitration proceeding (except for any Batch Arbitration, as described below). If successful on such claims, you could be awarded money or other relief by an arbitrator. You acknowledge that you have been advised that you may consult with an attorney in deciding whether to accept these Terms, including this Arbitration Agreement.
The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Arbitration Agreement.
b. Process. To begin a claim, you must first send a letter describing your claim in detail, including your name and contact information, your legal claim, the specific facts giving rise to your claim (including the date(s) and amount(s) of any relevant transaction or interaction with us), and the requested relief, the then-current V&B address on file with the Washington Secretary of State. You and We agree to attempt in good faith to negotiate an informal resolution of your claim. If a resolution is not reached within thirty (30) days, you may commence an arbitration action as set forth herein. The arbitration will be conducted by JAMS, an established alternative dispute resolution provider. Disputes involving claims and counterclaims under $250,000, not inclusive of attorneys’ fees and interest, will be subject to JAMS’s most current version of the Streamlined Arbitration Rules and procedures available at http://www.jamsadr.com/rules-streamlined-arbitration/; all other claims will be subject to JAMS’s most current version of the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures, available at http://www.jamsadr.com/rules-comprehensive-arbitration/. JAMS’s rules are also available at www.jamsadr.com or by calling JAMS at 800-352-5267. If JAMS is not available to arbitrate, the parties will select an alternative arbitral forum. You may choose to have the arbitration conducted remotely, based on written submissions, or in person at a mutually agreed location. We will be entitled to make an offer of judgment in the arbitration proceeding. If the offer of judgment is not accepted, and the award is not more favorable than the unaccepted offer, you will be solely responsible for all costs incurred by Us after the offer of judgment is made to the extent permitted by applicable law. Any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
c. Fees. Payment of all filing, administration, and arbitration fees will be governed by JAMS’s rules. If the arbitrator finds that you cannot afford to pay JAMS’s filing, administrative, hearing, and/or other fees, and you cannot obtain a waiver from JAMS, we will pay them for you. If the arbitrator determines the claims are frivolous, you agree to pay Us our attorneys’ fees and costs in the arbitration, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
d. Authority of Arbitrator. The arbitrator, and not any federal, state, or local court or agency, will have exclusive authority to resolve any dispute related to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, or formation of this Arbitration Agreement, including, but not limited to, any claim that all or any part of this Arbitration Agreement is void or voidable. The arbitration will decide the rights and liabilities, if any, of you and Us. The arbitration proceeding will not be consolidated with any other matters or joined with any other cases or parties. The arbitrator will have the authority to grant motions dispositive of all or part of any claim. The arbitrator will have the authority to award monetary damages and to grant any non-monetary remedy or relief available to an individual under applicable law, the arbitral forum’s rules, and these Terms (including the Arbitration Agreement). The arbitrator will issue a written award and statement of decision describing the essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based, including the calculation of any damages awarded. The arbitrator has the same authority to award relief on an individual basis that a judge in a court of law would have. The award of the arbitrator is final and binding upon you and Us.
e. Waiver of Jury Trial. You and We hereby waive any constitutional and statutory rights to sue in court and have a trial in front of a judge or a jury. You and We are instead electing that all claims and disputes will be resolved by arbitration under this Arbitration Agreement, except as specified in Section (a) above. An arbitrator can award on an individual basis the same damages and relief as a court and must follow this Agreement as a court would. However, there is no judge or jury in arbitration, and court review of an arbitration award is subject to very limited review.
f. Waiver of Class or Consolidated Actions. Except with respect to Batch Arbitration (as defined below), all claims and disputes within the scope of this Arbitration Agreement must be arbitrated on an individual basis and not on a class basis, only individual relief is available, and claims of more than one customer or user cannot be arbitrated or consolidated with those of any other customer or user. In the event that this subparagraph is deemed invalid or unenforceable neither you nor We are entitled to arbitration and instead claims and disputes will be resolved in a court as set forth in these Terms.
g. Batch Arbitration. You and We agree that, in the event that there are fifty (50) or more individual requests for arbitration of a similar nature filed against Us within an approximately (30) thirty-day period (or otherwise in close proximity) regardless of the state(s) in which such claims are filed, JAMS will administer all such similarly situated arbitration demands on a collective basis as a single, consolidated arbitration (subject to a single set of fees, proceeding schedule, and, if required, hearing) before a single arbitrator in accordance with the requirements outlined elsewhere in this section, provided that – in the event that the arbitrator deems it impracticable or inequitable to administer all such claims collectively in a single arbitration – (s)he may group demands for arbitration into groups of not fewer than twenty (20) matters, plus a remainder group as needed (or as otherwise deemed by the arbitrator to be practicable, equitable, and in best keeping with the spirit of this provision) and arbitrate each group of matters as a single, consolidated arbitration (either structure a “Batch Arbitration”). You and We agree (1) to work with JAMS in good faith to facilitate the resolution of disputes on a Batch Arbitration basis and (2) that requests for arbitration are of a “similar nature” if they arise out of the same event, agreement, or factual scenario and raise the same or similar legal issues and seek the same or similar relief. Disagreements over the applicability of this Batch Arbitration process will be settled in a single, consolidated arbitration proceeding that includes all affected parties and is resolved by a single arbitrator subject to the requirements of this section. This Batch Arbitration provision shall in no way be interpreted as authorizing a class or collective arbitration or action of any kind, or any suit or arbitration involving joint or consolidated claims, under any circumstances other than those expressly set forth in this section.
h. Severability. If any part or parts of this Arbitration Agreement are found under the law to be invalid or unenforceable, then such specific part or parts will be of no force and effect and will be severed, and the remainder of the Arbitration Agreement will continue in full force and effect.
i. Survival. This Arbitration Agreement will survive the termination of your relationship with Us.
j. Modification. Notwithstanding any provision in these Terms to the contrary, We agree that if We make any future material change to this Arbitration Agreement, it will not apply to any individual claim(s) for which that you had already provided notice to Us.
V&B reserves the right to update, change, or modify these Terms at any time. If there is a material change to these Terms, the Website will indicate that these Terms have been updated and provide a link on the homepage. For all other changes, please check back to this page periodically. The current version will include the date of the last update.
If you have any questions regarding these Terms, you may contact us on our contact page.
