TasteBud

What Is TasteBud?

TasteBud is a culinary education app that makes flavor visible. It teaches you to understand why food works — not just follow recipes, but develop the intuition that separates someone who cooks from someone who reads instructions.

Key Features

• FlavorMap — An interactive visualization where ingredients have flavor profiles rendered as shapes. Place an ingredient and watch sweet, salty, umami, spicy, sour, and bitter respond in real time. Swap ingredients in and out of a recipe and see whether the balance works before you turn on the stove.
• AI Mentors — Structured learning paths inspired by culinary traditions and great food thinkers. Each mentor teaches a different sensibility — technique, improvisation, regional cuisine, fermentation, pastry science. The AI adapts to how you learn.
• Recipe Explorer — Browse and adapt recipes with real-time flavor analysis. See how substitutions change the balance. Understand why the original recipe works so you can riff on it with confidence.
• Pantry Mode — Tell TasteBud what’s in your kitchen. It suggests what you can make, what’s missing, and what would elevate what you’ve got. No more staring into the fridge.

Status

Live. Available now at tastebud-pied.vercel.app. Explore the FlavorMap to see flavor science in action.

Built by Humanity and AI LLC — tools for the AI transition.