Last updated: 28 August 2026
Kitchenouse wants its content to be usable by as many people as possible, including people who use screen readers, keyboard navigation, magnification, or other assistive technology. This page sets out where we currently stand, what we know is not yet right, and how to tell us when something gets in your way.
The standard we are working toward
We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 at Level AA. These guidelines are the recognized international standard for making web content usable by people with a wide range of disabilities.
Our current status
We want to be straightforward about this rather than claim more than we can support. Kitchenouse is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Partially conformant means some parts of the site do not yet fully meet the standard.
The site has not yet been through a formal accessibility audit by a third party. Our assessment so far is based on our own review rather than independent testing, and we would rather say that plainly than publish a conformance claim we cannot stand behind.
What we do
Articles are written using proper heading structure, so that people navigating by headings can move through a page in a logical order rather than encountering text styled to look like a heading without being one. Links are written to make sense out of context, so “our food safety disclaimer” rather than “click here”. We write in plain language and keep sentences and paragraphs to a readable length, which helps everyone, particularly people with cognitive disabilities or reading difficulties.
We add descriptive alternative text to images where the image carries information. The site is built to work at different screen sizes and to remain usable when text is enlarged in the browser.
Known limitations
There are areas we know are imperfect.
Older articles. This site has published for several years, and our standards have improved over time. Some older articles have images with missing or unhelpful alternative text, or heading structures that are less clean than what we produce now. We correct these as we revise articles, but with hundreds of published posts this is a gradual process rather than an overnight fix.
Third party advertising. The advertisements on this site are served by external advertising networks. We do not create them, we cannot edit them, and we cannot guarantee that an individual ad meets accessibility standards. If an ad on this site causes a specific accessibility problem, please tell us, and we will report it to the network.
Embedded and third party content. The same applies to any content embedded from an outside service. We are responsible for choosing to embed it, but not for how it is built.
If you encounter a barrier that is not listed here, that is useful information and we would like to know about it.
Compatibility
The site is intended to work with current versions of major browsers, and with the assistive technologies commonly used alongside them. It is not tested against every possible combination, and older browsers may not support everything.
Tell us about a problem
This is the part of this page that matters most. If any part of this site is difficult or impossible for you to use, please tell us, and be as specific as you can manage: the page address, what you were trying to do, what happened instead, and what browser or assistive technology you were using. Even a rough description helps.
Email karen@kitchenouse.com with “Accessibility” in the subject line, or use our contact page. We aim to respond within 24 to 48 hours and to tell you what we can do and by when.
We treat accessibility reports the same way we treat factual corrections. They go to the top of the pile, because a page nobody can read is a page that has failed regardless of how accurate it is.
If you need content in another form
If there is something on this site you need and cannot access, ask us and we will try to get it to you another way, whether that means a plain text version or simply answering your question directly by email. We would rather do that than leave you without the information.
Ongoing work
Accessibility is not a task we expect to finish. We review it as we update articles and as we make changes to the site, and we will update this page as our status changes, including after any formal assessment.
If you want to know more about how we work generally, see our Editorial and Sourcing Policy.