Kitchen & Bar

Kitchen & Bar · First run

Three moves. Then cook.

No setup marathon. The point is to get one credible answer first, then let the shelf get smarter as you use it.

01 · Tonight

Start with the meal, not the database.

Tell Kitchen & Bar what kind of answer you need tonight. You can begin with only the ingredients you know you have; a perfect inventory is not required.

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How to get around

The bar across the top scrolls sideways. These are the same stops, with the job of each one written out.

A pantry shelf of jars, tins and bottles
sesame seeds

In the pantry · 23 uses

sesame seeds

Nothing much until they are toasted, then nutty and fragrant. Toast more than you need and keep them — they go stale fast in the cupboard and instantly in the pan.

4

dishes and drinks that need it

19

more where it is worth adding

100%

of those are under 30 min

What it is usually standing next to

Sesame oil is in 75% of the dishes that call for it — close enough to be a rule rather than a habit.

Counted off required ingredients across the whole library. A companion listed here is one these dishes are built from, not one we are recommending.

If you have twenty minutes

Quickest dish · 10 min

Sesame spinach

Blanch, squeeze, dress. Gomae logic. The squeeze is the whole recipe.

Built on it · 4

Take it out and the dish is something else. Fastest first.

Worth adding · 19

These work without it. They work better with it.

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