How our AI newsroom works

CashIn Food covers food — recipes, chefs and technique, seasonal favorites, the world’s top restaurants and your local openings, cultural traditions, desserts and comfort food, healthy eating at every age, recalls and food safety, and grocery prices — around the clock. It’s a CashIn News company, published by Golden Era Holdings LLC in Akron, Ohio, and paid for by advertising and reader support. Here is exactly what happens before a story reaches you.

Five desks, ten sections

Kitchen (Recipes, Chefs & Technique, Seasonal Favorites), Dining Out (5-Star Dining, New & Notable), Culture & Cravings (Cultural Traditions, Guilty Pleasures), Eat Well (Healthy Eating, for every stage of life) and Watch (Caution Reports, Grocery Watch), plus the kitchen glossary.

Eat well at every age

Healthy Eating follows life in order: pregnancy and nursing, babies (0–12 months), toddlers (1–3), kids (4–12), teens (13–17), young adults (18–29), adults (30–44), middle age (45–64), seniors (65–79) and the elderly (80 and up). The newsroom works through every stage, and each story is built from health authorities and the research it links to. It’s general information, not medical advice.

Editions

A Worldwide desk covers everyone. The Ohio edition follows restaurants, openings and closings, farmers markets, food festivals and inspections in Akron, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and beyond; the New York City edition follows the world’s biggest restaurant scene. More food cities and countries are on the way. See all editions.

Who does what

The scout reads recall notices, food publications, recipe sites and news searches every 20 minutes, sorts each headline by what kind of story it is (a recall, an opening, a Michelin star, a recipe…), and groups headlines about the same news.
The CEO agent decides what to cover: recalls and outbreaks first, then big restaurant news, prices, seasonal and holiday food, recipes, healthy eating, traditions and treats. It schedules a Healthy Eating guide most days, a Kitchen School guide every few days and a Seasonal Favorites guide every week.
The researcher goes to primary sources: the official recall notice, the health department’s record, the restaurant’s own announcement, the award body, the study itself, health authorities’ guidance and the original recipe page.
The writer drafts an original story from those sources only. Recall details, amounts, temperatures and times are copied exactly. When a source has a full recipe, the recipe card lists its ingredients as written and the steps in our own words, credited and linked to the cook.
The fact-checker is a separate agent that checks every name, date, price, recall detail and quote — and every line of a recipe card — against the sources. A recipe card with any doubt is removed; a story that can’t be fixed isn’t published.
Editors — real people — set direction, verify tips, review anything sensitive (illness blamed on a business before officials confirm it, lawsuits, eating disorders, children’s diets, health claims, single anonymous sources), and can pull or correct any story.

Our rules

Every AI-written story is labeled and lists its sources. Open “How this story was made” under any story for details.
Recalls are exact and fast. Products, codes, dates, where they were sold and what to do come straight from the official notice, which every story links to. We never say a product or restaurant made people sick unless health officials say so.
Recipes are credited. We never invent recipes or change amounts, temperatures or times. Follow the link for the original cook’s photos and tips.
Healthy eating comes from health authorities and the studies we link to — not from our own opinions. No calorie targets or weight-loss plans for children or teens, and nothing that encourages disordered eating. Talk to your doctor, pediatrician or a registered dietitian about your own needs.
No food-shaming. Guilty Pleasures is for enjoying, and every culture’s food is described with respect.
Inspection results are public records; bad reviews are the critics’ opinions, credited to them, with the restaurant’s response when there is one.
Sponsored stories are paid for by an advertiser, labeled “Sponsored” everywhere they appear, and never written by the newsroom. Ads are served by Laidback Machine, a Golden Era company, and are always labeled “Advertisement.” Advertisers never influence coverage.
Answers in “Ask the newsroom” come from AI, are labeled “CashIn Food AI”, and are limited to what the story, its recipe card and its sources say.

Spot a mistake?

Email food@cashinnews.com with the story link. An editor reviews every report, and corrections are noted at the top of the story and listed below.

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