We're at the start of a new pot. Put anything on the list before Monday night — what's on it when it closes is what Tuesday's two dishes get built from, so this is where you get a say in what we eat.
Stuck for what to bring? Bring the thing you'd bring if nobody asked: a tin of something, a bag of rice, whatever's in your cupboard twice. There is no wrong answer here — the dish gets built around what turns up, not the other way round. Worth a look at what's already on the shelf first: this office does not need a fourth jar of paprika.
Add your allergies and anything you can't or won't eat too, so it's taken into account before the recipe is written rather than after.
Nobody is picking jobs yet — the board goes up on Wednesday, once there's a dish and there is something real to sign up for.
Or take the crown: if you'd rather we ate something in particular, say so and
it's settled — you pick the dish and see it comes out right, and the rest of us bring
the shopping and take the jobs. The offer is just below, and it's open until the dish
is set.
Pick it · two dishes, one tap
Add yourself to the pot
Whatever you're bringing in on Friday — even if two people bring noodles. Especially then.
Who's bringing what
Nobody yet — be the first.
Turning up too?
Everything's covered — put your name down anyway and it'll find you something worth carrying.
Still needed
What the dish is short of. Claiming one counts you in for Friday, exactly like taking a job does.
The lunch bell
Pot on the table? Ring it. It goes off on every page in the building at once — a peal, a notice on the card and the tab title — so nobody has to be found and told. Anyone can ring it, and anyone can take it down again.
What's on, and how long it has left
Put a pan on, start a timer. It counts down on everybody's page and rings on all of them at once, so nobody has to stand in the kitchen watching a pot — or walk down to find out. Anyone can start one and anyone can clear one.
Or one of these
Who's doing what
Bringing an ingredient isn't the job — this is. Everyone eating takes one, cooking or not. Laying the table and scrubbing it afterwards count just as much as standing at the pot. Something marked 2 people takes two — put your name down even if somebody's already on it. Something missing from the board? Whoever's running the pot puts it up.
Who can't eat what
Add yourself if you have a restriction. There's one pot and everybody eats from it, so whatever's listed here decides what the pot can be.
An allergy is on the list. The recipe is generated by an AI — treat it as a starting point, not a guarantee: read the labels on what actually goes in the pot, and check with the person before serving.
The plan
Chosen by the office on Tuesday, from two dishes built out of whatever made the list by Monday night. It searches for real dishes that fit what's coming in — curry, braise, noodle pot, chili, stew, whatever works — with two rules: everything cooks in one pot, and it has to be worth eating. Steps come split into jobs, plus anything worth prepping at home the night before.
However many end up taking part is what it gets scaled to.