Question 1

Does it write recipes?

Accepted Answer

It writes plans, not a recipe book. It can suggest what to cook and it will order the work, but the recipes are the easy part and the house treats them that way. What it does better than anything else is tell you what starts when, what holds, and what cannot wait.

Question 2

Can it guarantee allergens?

Accepted Answer

No. The Guest Ledger is a memory aid, not a safety guarantee. One standing line sits in every room: check every label, and confirm with your guest, every time. If a guest has a serious allergy, the ledger reminds you; it does not protect them.

Question 3

Does it know wine vintages?

Accepted Answer

It knows structure: weight, acid, texture and sweetness. It never asserts that a particular vintage exists, never quotes a score, and never implies a bottle is available. Anything about a specific bottle in your cellar comes from what you typed.

Question 4

Can it see my pan?

Accepted Answer

No. The house cannot see, smell or taste. Every diagnosis in Rescue is made from your text alone, which is why Rescue asks for plain description and says what it cannot tell you.

Question 5

What happens to my data?

Accepted Answer

Your ledger, your book and your cellar are visible to you and to the house's administrators, and nobody else. Guest constraints are held because they are the point of the ledger: enter only what you need to cook safely, and nothing more. Photographs are stored privately and shown through a short-lived link. Your data is never sold.

Question 6

Can I export?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The House Book exports as JSON and as a PDF. On Heirloom Kitchen it is exportable at any time with no request; on the annual seats, ask and the house prepares the file.

Question 7

How many heirs?

Accepted Answer

Two heir seats on Heirloom Kitchen, for the Family Recipe Vault. They inherit the vault and the standardised recipes, not the household's private ledger.

Question 8

Is it AI?

Accepted Answer

Yes, entirely. Five voices, every voice card marked AI. They are defined by craft and register, never by biography: no invented chef, no former kitchen, no lineage.

Question 9

Does it cost extra per guest?

Accepted Answer

No. Membership is annual, or one time for a household. There is no per-guest charge, no per-menu charge, no monthly billing anywhere, and no credit that runs out.

Question 10

Does it work with one oven?

Accepted Answer

That is the point. Equipment is an input, not an assumption: how many ovens, how many hob burners, whether there is a grill, and how much fridge shelf you really have. The service plan is built around that, not around an ideal kitchen.

Question 11

Does it replace a chef?

Accepted Answer

No. It replaces the notebook, the guesswork and the ten minutes of panic. A chef cooks; this house remembers your kitchen, your guests and your oven so that you can.

Question 12

What if my dish fails?

Accepted Answer

Log it, in the same book as the successes. The House Book is built for failure as much as for success: the oven that ran hot, the sauce that broke, the salt that went in twice. That is precisely what makes the next dinner calmer.

Twelve questions, answered straight.