last_updated: 2026-05-03
One person reads these messages: Sage Bendly. I reply within 48 hours on weekdays. Weekends are reserved for testing recipes.
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Use the form below. To get a faster, more useful answer, please tell me:
- The page or recipe URL you are writing about (if applicable).
- What you tried, what happened, what you expected to happen.
- Your equipment (gas vs electric stove, air fryer model, oven type) for cooking questions.
What I answer
Recipe corrections
If a timing looks off, an ingredient is wrong, or a step is unclear: please write. Corrections get fixed and the recipe gets a version bump (v1.0 to v1.1) with a note at the bottom of the recipe explaining the change. Reader corrections are credited unless you ask me not to.
Sourcing and methodology questions
Where a number came from, why I picked one cooking method over another, whether a substitution will work: ask. The methodology pages cover the calculators (cooking time methodology), but recipe-specific questions are best by email.
Partnership and brand inquiries
Brand pitches are read. Most are declined. The shortlist of what gets a yes:
- Plant-based ingredients I would buy with my own money.
- Kitchen tools I have already been using or am actively shopping for.
- Sponsored content with full editorial control on my side and a clearly labeled disclosure.
Stock-photo product roundups, link insertions, and “guest post for backlink” requests are not entertained. The affiliate disclosure covers the standing rules.
Press and interviews
Yes, with a few weeks of lead time. Please include the publication, the angle, the deadline, and whether you need photos.
Recipe requests
Send them. I keep a list. If three readers ask for the same thing, it usually moves to the test queue.
What I do not answer
- Diet advice, meal-plan-for-my-condition questions, or anything a registered dietitian should weigh in on. I cook. I do not credential medical advice.
- Generic “guest post” or backlink-exchange pitches.
- “Can you make my recipe vegan” requests for full retesting on a deadline.
Social media
I check email more often than DMs, but here is where else I post:
- Instagram: @sagebendly
- TikTok: @sagebendly
- Pinterest: sagebendly
- X: @sagebendly
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Sage Bendly
Portland, OR