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Click on any table in the left pane to browse its data.
Click the 3 dots next to each column name to sort, filter or hide columns.
Resize columns and move them around as desired.
Click the Search button in the left pane to get a detailed search form for that table.
Some tables have a button to let you search across multiple tables joined together - e.g. to see authors who have written recipes about a certain food.
The Search box in the Multi-Search tab searches a few key fields in the Authors, Works, Sections, Details, and Items table. For more options, open a particular table and use its own Search tool.
In the Multi-Search tab, you can search an exact phrase by putting it in quotes, e.g. "carrot soup". Otherwise it searches for entries that have all the words in any order.
The principal tables are:
Authors: a person or organization
Works: books, manuscripts, etc
Section: recipes, illustrations, menus, etc
Details: items in a section (eggs, cheese, spatula, etc)
Items: a master list (abalone, absinthe, acorn, aduzki, etc etc)
You may use The Sifter only if you can legally form a binding contract with The Sifter, and only in compliance with these Terms and all applicable laws. The words “we”, “us” and “our” used in these Terms refer to The Sifter. When you create your The Sifter account, you must provide us with accurate and complete information.
Subject to these Terms and our policies, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to use our Service.
2. Posting content
The Sifter allows you to post content, details about recipes, related data, comments, links, and other materials. Anything that you post or otherwise make available on The Sifter is referred to as "User Content." You retain any rights you may have in, and are solely responsible for, the User Content you post to The Sifter. You agree that you will only post User Content or edit User Content provided by others where you believe, to the best of your knowledge, that what you post is accurate and complete.
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If you choose to submit comments, ideas or feedback, you agree that we are free to use them without any restriction or compensation to you.
3. Security
While we work to protect the security of your content and account, The Sifter can’t guarantee that unauthorized third parties won’t be able to defeat our security measures. We ask that you keep your password secure. You should notify us immediately of any compromise or unauthorized use of your account.
4. Termination
The Sifter may terminate or suspend your right to access or use The Sifter for any reason on appropriate notice. We may terminate or suspend your access immediately and without notice if we have a good reason, including any violation of our Community Guidelines.
5. Disclaimers
Our Service and all content on The Sifter is provided on an "as is" basis without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied. If you're a consumer in the European Economic Area (EEA), we don’t exclude or limit any liability for gross negligence, intent, or death or personal injury caused by our negligence or willful misconduct.
6. Privacy
The only information we collect is what you tell us when you create a The Sifter account and whatever comments you may make in our comments sections. To the extent anything you submit is not publicly viewed, we don’t share this information with anyone.
7. Copyright and Trademarks
The Sifter posts data regarding food, books and manuscripts, their details and related topics throughout history. Nothing in our database should raise copyright or trademark concerns. In the unlikely event you believe that our content, including data, citations, user comments, etc., infringes your intellectual property or any other personal rights, contact us immediately.
8. Governing law and jurisdiction
These Terms shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. If you are not a consumer in the EEA, the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from or in connection with this agreement is New York City, New York, or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and our dispute will be determined under New York law.
If you are a consumer in the EEA, this won’t deprive you of any protection you have under the law of the country where you live and access to the courts in that country.
9. General terms
We reserve the right to determine the form and means of providing notifications to you, and you agree that we may provide legal notices electronically or by other means. We may revise these Terms from time to time and the most current version will always be posted on our website. If, in our discretion, we believe a revision is material, we’ll notify you. By continuing to access or use The Sifter after revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the new Terms. If you don’t agree to the new terms, please stop using The Sifter.
If any provision of these Terms is deemed invalid, then that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.