What ingredient do you constantly end up with too much of? Rice? Eggs? Cabbage? Half an onion? Something else? There might be a useful product problem hiding in the leftovers.

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Let’s try something. Reply with three ingredients you already have in your kitchen. No shopping. No perfect pantry. Just three things you need to use. We’ll turn some of the replies into dinner ideas.

I have: Chicken. Rice. Peppers. And no idea what I want to make. That’s a very different problem from not having recipes. A useful tool should be able to turn those three ingredients into a few realistic choices: Chicken rice bowls. Stir-fry. Stuffed peppers. Not more browsing. A decision.

Dinner shouldn’t take this much mental energy. You’re hungry. There’s food in the house. You have recipes saved everywhere. And somehow the question is still: What are we having for dinner? The hardest part of cooking often isn’t cooking. It’s deciding. Does this happen to you too?

Help us understand something. When figuring out dinner gets frustrating, what is usually the hardest part? A. Deciding what to make B. Knowing what you already have C. Grocery shopping D. Finding something everyone will eat E. Trying to eat healthier F. Finding the time G. Something else We’re asking because we’re building around this problem, and we’d rather listen than assume.

We spend a lot of time deciding what to build next. But the most useful ideas often come from people actually using the product. So here’s the question: What would make cooking easier for you this week? Not someday. This week. Tell us what gets in your way.

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Why I’m Rejecting Doomerism | Connection Ep. 1

Podcast Episode · Connection · September 12 · 15m

Start with one meal. One thing you know you’ll actually want to cook this week. Put it on the schedule. Let Cheffy help with the ingredients and grocery list. Then add another if you want. Meal planning doesn’t need to mean planning everything. Sometimes one good decision makes the week easier.

Cook with someone this weekend. A kid. A friend. Your partner. A parent. Someone who says they can’t cook. You might teach them something. They might teach you something. Either way, you get dinner.

I’m trying something new. ⚡️ Tonight at 7 PM, I’m premiering the first episode of Connection, a new weekly podcast presented by Zap Cooking. A big part of why this exists comes from my experience on Nostr. This community taught me how to build, experiment, challenge assumptions, share ideas openly, and just put things out into the world. Now I want to bring some of that same creative spirit to Connection. Food. People. Ideas. Building. Gratitude. I want to talk with builders, creators, cooks, founders, thinkers, tinkerers, and people with interesting stories. You don’t need a huge following. You just need something worth talking about. And I’m going to need this community’s help. I’m looking for guests for a weekly show. If you’re building something interesting, have a story to tell, or know someone I should talk to, tag them below or reach out. Episode 1 starts with a simple idea: I don’t think we’re doomed. I think we should build something better. Premiering tonight at 7 PM 👇 Watch Connection Episode 1 on YouTube⁠:

The person who shared this calls it their favorite way to cook lamb. That’s the kind of recommendation we like. Slow, savory, comforting, and easier than it looks. Lamb with Chickpeas

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A recipe shared on zap.cooking - Food is Open Source

What’s the simplest meal you make that is still ridiculously good? Not your impressive recipe. The one with five ingredients or less that you could make almost without thinking. Those are often the recipes worth knowing.

Before buying groceries this weekend, spend five minutes with your refrigerator. Find: 1 thing that needs used. 1 thing that could be frozen. 1 meal you can make from what you already have. Sometimes the easiest way to spend less at the grocery store is to start at home.

We simplify your cooking experience. Not by removing what makes cooking interesting. By removing more of what gets in the way. Less searching. Less organizing. Less wondering what you forgot. More time actually making food.

A community starts getting interesting when people stop acting like an audience. Don’t just save the recipe. Cook it. Change something. Tell us what happened. Share the mistake. Help the next person. Food gets better when knowledge moves with it.

Our code is open source. You can inspect it. Learn from it. Challenge it. Copy it. What you can’t copy is the reputation built over years, the way we treat people, the effort we put into the work, or the values behind it. Code is available. Authenticity has to be earned.

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One reason we build in the open: Someone out there will see something differently than we do. Maybe you find a bug. Maybe you have a better idea. Maybe you build something we never imagined. That isn’t a threat to open-source software. That’s part of the point.