[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Note that is actually an opinion of a lawyer and not an actual court decision.

True, but it is the opinion of someone who is an expert in the field.

But anyway with 4 pages of disclaimers one might could get away with using brand names.

The post following the one I quoted is from a trademark infringement attorney, and he suggests that all that's required is to make sure that you add the "r in a circle" trademark symbol after each trademarked name, and then add a brief notice that "all trademarks are the property of their owners".

As a matter of fact, some self-published authors have found their books taken down because they photographed a trademark item and made it into a cover.

I'm not surprised. The cover would count as using the trademark to market the item.

Trademarks are very guarded here in the US.
Oh and heaven help you if you use anything Disney.

Yep, same in the UK. An idiotic woman near where I live got taken to court for being stupid enough to put images of Disney characters on the sign of her children's nursery.

In all honesty, though, I think you're pretty safe in using names of trademarked products in your recipes as long as you acknowledge the trademarks as advised.