DishCast — The forecast for food

Tonight's dishcast: 94% chance you love it.

Snap it. Share it. Cook it.

Point your phone at any dish or menu and DishCast predicts what YOU'LL love, not what strangers averaged. Snap it, share it, cook it at home.

dishcast (n.) — your personal food forecast · percentages shown are demo examples

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Spaghetti Bolognese

Trattoria Lucca · North Beach

Demo dishcast94%chance you love it

Demo dishcasts

94%· cioppino · SF
31%· skip the ravioli · Austin
97%· birria tacos · San Diego
88%· tonkotsu ramen · Seattle
42%· skip the truffle fries · Chicago
91%· lobster roll · Boston
76%· pad see ew · LA
23%· skip the kale caesar · Denver
95%· smash burger · Nashville
64%· margherita · Brooklyn
89%· khachapuri · Portland
38%· skip the poke · Miami

Two friends at a candlelit restaurant table: one snaps a shrimp stew with DishCast while the other shows her DishCast share card — Real table, real time
Snap it before the first bite. Share it before dessert.

Find the dishes worth ordering. Share the ones worth remembering. Cook the ones you can't forget.

How it works · about 10 seconds

Snap it. Share it. Cook it.

No essays. No star-math. Three taps from “oh my god” to a dish that's yours forever — and a dinner you can make yourself.

1
Snap it.
2 seconds
Point. Shoot. Type the restaurant and the dish. Your plate is saved in seconds.
2
Share it.
1 tap
One brutal question: would you order it again? Your friends get the verdict before they waste a dime.
3
Cook it.
3 seconds
Steal it for your own kitchen: a step-by-step home recipe and a grocery list, ready to go.

Try all three in the live demo

Three taps. Zero wrong orders.

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Cook it · the full recipe

Loved it? Take the whole recipe home.

Not a vague description. Every dish you snap becomes a complete recipe: every ingredient with its amount, every step in order, calories and nutrition per serving, and a grocery list ready to go.

Every ingredient, with amounts
The full shopping list for the dish — quantities, prep notes, nothing left out.
Every step, in order
A numbered method with timings, written for a home kitchen.
Calories and nutrition
Estimated calories, protein, carbs, fat and fiber per serving, plus what's good in it.
Grocery list in one tap
Send all the ingredients to your cart or your notes.
Allergens flagged first
Likely allergens are listed, and you confirm the ingredients before you cook.

Recipes are home-cooking versions inspired by the dish, not the restaurant's own recipe.

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Cook mode

Cioppino, the Nick's way

4 servings · 25 min prep · 35 min cook · 610 cal

Nutrition · estimated per serving

610

Calories

54g

Protein

38g

Carbs

22g

Fat

Fiber

High in protein
Omega-3s from halibut and shellfish
Iron and B12 from clams and mussels

Ingredients · 11

1 lb Dungeness crab, cracked
12 littleneck clams, scrubbed
1 lb mussels, debearded
8 oz halibut, in chunks
8 oz large shrimp
1 fennel bulb, sliced
28 oz San Marzano tomatoes
1 cup dry white wine
2 cups fish stock
4 cloves garlic · chili flakes · bay leaf
Sourdough, for serving

Method · 6 steps

1Warm olive oil in a Dutch oven. Sweat fennel, onion and garlic with a pinch of chili for 8 minutes.
2Add tomato paste, then the wine. Reduce by half, about 4 minutes.
3Pour in tomatoes, stock and bay leaf. Simmer gently for 20 minutes; season.

+ 3 more steps

The dishcast system

Stop reading the crowd. Read your dishcast.

Every app gives you the same number as everyone else. DishCast gives you yours.

Every other app

★ 4.2

The average of strangers.

DishCast · demo example

94%

The chance YOU love it, computed from your taste and the friends whose taste matches yours.

Averages describe the crowd. A dishcast describes you.

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Why DishCast

Your camera roll is a graveyard of great meals.

Great dishes deserve a better memory. Right now they're buried between screenshots and blurry selfies — unnamed, unfindable, gone.

You already forgot it.

That life-changing cacio e pepe from two summers ago? Gone. Was it the place on 5th or the one by the park?

Star ratings lie about plates.

A 4.2-star place can serve a 10/10 dish and three forgettable ones. Nothing tells you which to order.

Strangers have terrible taste.

You're ordering off the opinions of people you'd never eat with, while the friends whose taste you trust stay silent.

Everything inside DishCast

One app for every dish you'll ever love.

From the first snap to the last bite at home, here's everything DishCast does.

DishCast craving feed showing Gold Star dishes and how many friends would order them again — Find
Search by craving
Gold Stars near you, with how many of your friends would order each dish again.

DishCast Circle feed showing a friend's 'Yes, every time' verdict on a double smash burger — Share
Your circle's verdicts
See exactly what your friends are ordering — and what they'd never order twice.

DishCast live recipe with an approximation notice and an ingredient checklist to confirm — Cook
Live recipe from a photo
An AI recipe in seconds, labeled as an approximation, with every ingredient confirmed by you.

Snap & tag

Snap the plate, type the restaurant and the dish. Your diary remembers it forever.

One-question verdicts

Would you order it again? That's the whole review. Fast to give, impossible to misread.

Search by craving

Type “spicy noodles” or “best burger” and see the exact dishes worth ordering near you.

A page for every dish

Overall rating, how often people reorder it, and what your circle says — for each plate, not the restaurant.

Gold Star shelf

Your single best dish per category. When something better comes along, the crown moves.

Taste match

See how closely each friend's taste lines up with yours, so you know whose picks to trust.

Share cards

Magazine-style cards for Stories, or a link anyone can open — even without the app.

The full recipe

Every dish becomes a complete home recipe: every ingredient with amounts, every step, plus estimated calories and nutrition.

Live recipe from any photo

Upload your own food photo and get an AI recipe in seconds, clearly labeled as an approximation.

Allergen check

Likely allergens are flagged up front, and you confirm ingredients and allergens before cooking.

Grocery list

Send every ingredient to a grocery list in one tap, then tick them off as you shop.

Your taste profile

A profile of what you love, how often you reorder, what you've cooked and a monthly recap worth sharing.

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Feature · The Gold Star

One crown per category. Beat it or bow to it.

Your best burger, your best ramen, your best lobster roll. Each category gets exactly one Gold Star — so your shelf is always your honest, current best.

Burger

Demo dishcast 97%

Sushi

Demo dishcast 95%

Lobster roll

Demo dishcast 93%

Your circle

M
Maya R.
Spicy · Thai · late-night
94% match
T
Theo K.
Pasta · natural wine
88% match
P
Priya S.
Brunch · bakeries
81% match
J
Jun W.
Steakhouse · BBQ
63% match

Feature · Your circle, not strangers

Your friends' taste, finally measured.

DishCast learns how closely your taste lines up with each friend. A 94% match saying “order it again” is worth more than a thousand anonymous stars.

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From the private beta

Warning: you will start judging every plate.

“I finally know which three things to order at my favorite dim sum place. Game over.”

— Beta tester, Oakland

“My partner and I are a 91% taste match. That explains a lot of happy dinners.”

— Beta tester, Brooklyn

“Cooked the short rib from a place I can't afford weekly. Honestly, close enough to cry.”

— Beta tester, Chicago

A preview of our build-in-public feed

We build in public. Watch the dishcast take shape.

Product drops, the thinking behind every feature, and the dishes our beta can't stop ordering.

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The forecast for food

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Restaurants get rated. Plates don't. We're building the forecast for food — one verdict per dish: would you order it again?

#FoodTech #DishFirst

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The forecast for food

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A 4.5-star restaurant can still serve a forgettable burger. A dishcast tells you the chance you'll love that exact plate, based on people who eat like you.

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The forecast for food

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Snap it. Share it. Cook it. Our live demo walks the whole journey, from snapping a dish to cooking an approximation of it at home.

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Home cooking scene with fresh ingredients

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What's your taste type?

Pick the plate you'd rather eat. We'll tell you who you are at the table.

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Friday night. Which bowl?

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Make tonight's dishcast

Type a dish, pick a photo, and get a Tonight's Dishcast card you can post anywhere. The % is a playful demo example, not a real prediction.

1 · Your dish

2 · Pick a photo

Your photo stays on your device. Nothing is uploaded.

3 · City (optional)

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No email needed. Just for fun: this dishcast is seeded from the dish name.

Early access · join the waitlist

The regulars already know. Get in.

Early access invites as soon as we launch
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The Friday Dishcast

Every week: the five dishes near you with your highest dishcasts.

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

Everything you need to know about snapping, sharing and cooking with DishCast.

A steaming bowl of cioppino — Still hungry for answers?
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The basics

What is DishCast?

DishCast is a dish-first food app: you snap the dish you're eating, say whether you'd order it again, share that verdict with friends, and get a recipe to cook it at home. It remembers individual plates, not just restaurants.

How is DishCast different from restaurant review apps?

DishCast rates dishes, not restaurants. A great restaurant can serve one unforgettable plate and three forgettable ones, so DishCast asks a single question about each dish: would you order it again?

Why a percentage?

A dishcast is a personal prediction of how likely you are to love a dish, built from your own verdicts and the people whose taste matches yours. It gets sharper every time you snap.

What is a Gold Star?

A Gold Star marks your single best dish in a category, like burgers, ramen or lobster rolls. Each category has only one, so when a new dish beats it, the Gold Star moves.

Cooking at home

Where do the recipes come from?

DishCast's AI writes a home-kitchen recipe inspired by the dish, using your photo and the menu description. It is an approximation, not the restaurant's actual recipe.

Can I get a recipe from my own food photo?

Yes. The Live recipe feature reads a dish photo and suggests ingredients and steps in about 10 seconds. You confirm each ingredient before the steps unlock.

Do recipes show calories and nutrition?

Yes. Every recipe shows estimated calories, protein, carbs, fat and fiber per serving, plus a few highlights such as "high in protein". The numbers are estimates based on the recipe as written, so they aren't medical or dietary advice.

How does DishCast handle food allergies?

Every recipe lists likely allergens, including hidden ones such as stock, butter or sauces, and asks you to confirm you've checked them before cooking. Because recipes are approximations, always check ingredient labels yourself.

Availability & pricing

How much will DishCast cost?

Joining the waitlist is free. Pricing details will be announced before launch, and waitlist members will hear first.

When and where will DishCast launch?

Launch timing and locations will be announced soon. Join the waitlist and we'll email you as soon as the details are confirmed.

Can I try DishCast today?

Yes, you can try the interactive demo in your browser right now. It walks through signing up, finding a craving, snapping a dish, sharing your verdict and cooking it at home.

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Tonight's dishcast: 94% chance you love it.

Snap it before the first bite. Share it before dessert.

Snap it. Share it. Cook it.

Snap it.

Snap it.

Share it.

Cook it.

Loved it? Take the whole recipe home.

Cioppino, the Nick's way

Friends don't let friends order the wrong dish.

Help friends order right

Get better picks back

Show off your taste

Stop reading the crowd. Read your dishcast.

Your camera roll is a graveyard of great meals.

You already forgot it.

Star ratings lie about plates.

Strangers have terrible taste.

One app for every dish you'll ever love.

Search by craving

Your circle's verdicts

Live recipe from a photo

Snap & tag

One-question verdicts

Search by craving

A page for every dish

Gold Star shelf

Taste match

Share cards

The full recipe

Live recipe from any photo

Allergen check

Grocery list

Your taste profile

One crown per category. Beat it or bow to it.

Your friends' taste, finally measured.

Warning: you will start judging every plate.

We build in public. Watch the dishcast take shape.

What's your taste type?

Make tonight's dishcast

The regulars already know. Get in.

The Friday Dishcast

Questions, answered.

The basics

Snapping & sharing

Cooking at home

Availability & pricing