Every night, same question. “What do you want for dinner?” Followed by five minutes of “I don’t know, what do you want?” Nobody has an answer. Everyone’s hungry. It’s chaos.
So I built a thing.
Fork is a little web app for families to figure out dinner together. The idea is simple:
- Anyone can suggest meals
- Everyone votes on what sounds good
- Someone volunteers to cook
- The cook picks the winner
That’s it. No recipe database. No meal planning calendar. No grocery list integration. Just: what are we eating tonight?
The “Today” screen shows who’s cooking and what’s decided. If nobody’s stepped up yet, you can claim it. Once you’re the chef, you pick from the family’s suggestions.
The meals list is everyone’s ideas — past, present, future. Heart the ones you’re into. Add new ones whenever inspiration strikes. The cook sees what’s popular but isn’t bound by it. Democracy is just a suggestion.
Invite the family with a code. Everyone gets their own emoji. The kids can finally have a say (and can’t complain they weren’t consulted).
It’s React + Firebase, runs as a PWA. Open source under GPL.
Still early. But it works. And tonight, someone else is cooking.
Leave a Reply