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
white beans

In the pantry · 26 uses

white beans

Creamy enough to thicken what they are in — mash a ladleful against the side of the pot and the whole dish gains body. The canning liquid is a thickener too, not something to rinse away on principle.

25

dishes and drinks that need it

1

more where it is worth adding

40%

of those are under 30 min

What it is usually standing next to

Onion is in 64% 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

Tuna white bean toast

Two tins and no heat. Dress the beans on their own first and crush a third of them, or the whole thing rolls off the toast.

Built on it · 25

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

Worth adding · 1

These work without it. They work better with it.

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