Kitchen & Bar

On this phone

How to get around

The bar under the name is the map. Swipe it sideways if a destination sits off-screen. On Tonight, the button pinned to the bottom cooks the lead dish.

  1. Tonight — What you can cook first, plus drinks that fit the same shelf.

  2. This week — Five dinners from the shelf, urgent things cooked first.

  3. Shelf — Edit what you actually own.

  4. Written methods — Every dish and drink with a method somebody wrote out.

  5. The pantry — Start from one ingredient: what it does, and everything built on it.

  6. Out of it — What to use instead, judged by the job the missing thing was doing.

  7. Photo review — Review a demo shelf photo and confirm every item before adding it.

  8. Flavor Lab — Pairings with a track record: classic matches and the mixology behind them.

  9. Wild cards — Combinations with no tradition behind them, only shared aroma notes.

  10. Send to Occasion OS — Prepare confirmed shelf availability for Occasion OS.

  11. The field — The gap this layer owns.

Keep it on the home screen

  1. iPhone — tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.
  2. Android — open the browser menu, then Install app or Add to Home screen.

After that it opens as Kitchen & Bar, not a browser tab. Inventory stays on this device.

Substitutions · 5 dishes here use it

Out of maraschino

Dry, funky cherry-pit liqueur that tastes nothing like a jarred cherry. A teaspoon is a flavor; an ounce takes over a drink completely.

Everything below is judged against that job. A swap that covers it is a swap; one that only looks similar is not.

What to reach for

Instead · 1

kirsch plus a little simple syrup

three quarters ounce kirsch and a bar spoon of syrup per ounce

What it gets you
Cherry distillate and sugar, which is the honest description of maraschino.
What it costs you
The funk. Maraschino is made with the pits and it tastes of almond and hay, which kirsch does not.

Instead · 2

a cherry brandy or heering

one for one

What it gets you
Cherry flavor and sweetness in the same seat.
What it costs you
Dryness and clarity. These are sweet, dark and fruity where maraschino is dry and clear.

Instead · 3

orgeat plus a dash of cherry bitters

three quarters ounce, two dashes

What it gets you
Almond sweetness with cherry on top, which is roughly the flavor shape.
What it costs you
The alcohol and the bite, so a last word or an aviation goes soft.

Where the swap will be tasted · 5

These need it and are short enough that nothing hides: 4 required ingredients or fewer, which makes maraschino a quarter of what is in the pan. Make the swap a decision rather than a repair.

Check what else is in the pan

The company maraschino keeps in this library, counted off required ingredients. A swap that argues with the top two is the wrong swap, whatever a chart says.

What to make with maraschinoRank what I can actually cookAll substitutions