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.

On this phone

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
tomato

In the pantry · 148 uses

tomato

Sweet, sour and savory at once, which is why it holds up so many dishes with no meat in them. Out of season a canned tomato beats a fresh one, and it is not close.

143

dishes and drinks that need it

5

more where it is worth adding

64%

of those are under 30 min

Ingredient transformation map

What heat, time, and handling can turn tomato into

This is not a recipe. It is a map of useful states for this tomato so the ingredient can become a component instead of waiting for one exact dish.

What it is usually standing next to

Onion turns up alongside it in about 50% of them, which is a strong lean rather than a rule.

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 · 5 min

Cottage cheese tomato bowl

The internet was late. It still works.

Quickest drink · 5 min

Soda María

Michelada without beer: tomato, lime, heat, a smoked-salt rim, soda. Worcestershire if you have it. Don't make a Bloody Mary and call it Mexican.

Built on it · 143

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

Worth adding · 5

These work without it. They work better with it.

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