A few weeks ago, we covered how damaging the Google Search results were for recipe publishers and bloggers. It was nicknamed Frankenstein recipes because it would take pieces of these recipes from bloggers, mash them together and ruin them, all while also mentioning the brand name - hurting the brand.
Well, Google may be rolling out a fix or adjustment to those results, by bringing back the recipe carousel results and removing or pushing down the AI Overview section for many recipe queries.
Not everyone is seeing this yet, so maybe this is going to be rolling out to more users soon?
Adam Gallagher from Inspired Taste posted some examples last night on X of these improvements. He said, "Using incognito we are seeing them consistently on broader recipe searches like “lemon chicken thighs”. This is much more promising Google." "On branded searches like “inspired taste pork loin” we are seeing the AIO further down the page and the AIO is only an overview. It isn’t a full recipe since there are only key ingredients listed. We still have domain recipe page citation issues though," he added.
Here are these examples:
Well look at that! Credit where credit is due part two. There are recipe card links in AIOs again @rustybrick. Using incognito we are seeing them consistently on broader recipe searches like “lemon chicken thighs”. This is much more promising Google. (1/3)🧵 cc @glenngabe… pic.twitter.com/pBDbwudW9O
— Inspired Taste (@inspiredtaste) January 22, 2026
Here is another example of a branded recipe search for “inspired taste carrot cake”. This is much more publisher/user friendly and encouraging since our domain recipe card link is present but AI Mode still has a long way to go. After clicking dive deeper the plagiarism level is… pic.twitter.com/FItPHbPDGw
— Inspired Taste (@inspiredtaste) January 22, 2026
I see what Adam sees, so maybe this is rolling out now or maybe not? Let's keep an eye on it.
Forum discussion at X.
