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  Um. You know they're mostly fake, right?
context: Wow. I feel that this is genuinely a very unpopular opinion for a change! Can't stand the backstories... >
  
  Agreed. I don't care about your Nan's time in some small-ass village, Barbara, just give me the damn cake recipe!! >
  
  I want to hear a backstory where it’s some drug addict in a run down apartment >
  
  Everybody has a story and almost none of them are interesting. >
  
  I laughed a lot at this because I have no doubt it’s true, thank you! >
  
  Great. How about they put the recipe first and then their story. I’m tired of scrolling through pages to find when it starts. Assholes. Purely do it to up engagement time on the website >
  
  Highly disagree. When I look for a recipe, I ONLY want the recipe. Straight to the point. I couldn't give less crap about the author's story. >
  
  I’m always looking for the jump to recipe button and I’m outta there if you don’t have one. I tend to use recipe only sites now as I don’t care about a blogger telling me their cat’s opinion on steamed broccoli >
  
  I don't object to them, but I just need to get the food cooked. 
  This is definitely unpopular, so have an upvote >
  
  I agree it can be really inconvenient when the steps are mixed in. The story and the steps need to be two entities, not one! >
  
  Is this sarcastic? I feel like it's written sarcastically and i 100% understand why. If it's not, than wow ok >
  
  I’m being 100% serious when I say I love the stories that accompany recipes and there’s zero sarcasm but I did write the post with a little bit of excited energy on the off chance a food blogger sees it and finds out I appreciate their words >
  
  Very unpopular.  I don't care at all about a life story when I'm looking for a pizza sauce recipe.  If I want touching stories I'll get a readers digest. >
  
  I don’t mind the story behind a recipe, provided it’s written AFTER the recipe.
  So many I’ve seen are written in between steps, and it drives me nuts. >
  
  A lot of them feel like bs feel good stories, but the main reason most of us hate them is because we all waited until the very last minute to pull up the recipe we wanted to start making so we need it to the point. >
  
  The reason that they have to write these elaborate stories is to do with the search algorithm and copyright. If it's just a recipe, it's much harder to prove that it's original and might get buried or even removed for copyright infringement. If you add to it a whole personal background story, it's definitely yours, so to speak. >
  
  Well the sad thing is that's the only way to succeed it seems like because of things like search engine optimisation and ad revenues.
  I'm sure it exists but it would be cool to have an app which collects recipes from the web and removes all the bullshit from it and leaves only the recipe. All in one place and can save your favs in offline mode. 
  Could also have other food related features like grocery list and calorie counter.
  I'd use that. >
  
  I don't want to read a 5000 word essay on how your grandma introduced you to your love of soup or some shit. Give me the ingredients and recipe now. >
  
  On some points I can agree. 
  I don't read many recipe sites, my answer will point more towards recipe books. Hello, I'm a dinosaur. A French one, to boot. Bonjour. 
  The problem is that very often, the stories sound fake. I come from a generation when cookbooks were written by people whose personal life story was as fascinating in itself, if not more, as the recipes themselves. 
  When people like Raymond Oliver, Paul Bocuse, or Mère Brazier would talk about their life, you would listen. When they'd talk about the origins of whichever ingredient, meat cut, fish, wine... you would listen. And read. They would not focus on the product price but on its quality. .
  And their comments were very level-headed. Mapie de Toulouse-Lautrec, for instance, was known for her books shock full of out-of-the-box advice for cheap but efficient and pleasant organization or cooking. 
  On the other hand, whenever I read a recipe from Nigella Lawson, or other tv-star cooks, it sounds fake. And pompous. And as for Nigella, it's even worse with her tv shows, which I just cannot stand. 
  But then again, it's just my opinion. >
  
  Reminds me of Tasting History where Max (the creator) would tell the backstory/lore of the recipes he's cooking, great channel and fun to watch