SpiceSmith as a kitchen companion

The idea came from a grocery run. I was looking for guajillo chiles for a salsa experiment and struck out at two stores before realizing my default store had them the whole time. You go hunting for an ingredient without knowing what's already available nearby, or what you could substitute.

SpiceSmith started as an inventory companion for our spice blends. It knows what's in stock, what the margins look like, what's running low. But the more interesting version is a kitchen helper that knows your pantry, knows your local stores, and can suggest what to cook tonight based on what you actually have.

We built a prototype that talks to our pantry database and answers questions over Telegram. The bones are there. The question is whether other people would pay for something like this — a pocket AI that knows your kitchen.

We're thinking about it. If there's a model, it's probably something small: a few dollars a month, maybe bundled with a spice subscription, maybe a co-op where a group of households shares access. We don't know yet. This is the page where we'll figure it out.