Hosting guides
The quantities, timings, and shortcuts behind a night that runs itself. Everything here is the reasoning we build into the app — written out, so you can use it with or without us.
How much alcohol to buy for a party
The drinks-per-hour math, what each bottle actually pours, and why every host underbuys ice by roughly half.
26 August 2026 · 8 min read DrinksThe four rules of batching cocktails
Dilution is an ingredient, bubbles go in last, and some drinks refuse to batch at all. Plus how far ahead each kind can be made.
25 August 2026 · 7 min read MenusBuilding a taco bar for 8 to 20
Quantities per person, what holds at temperature, and the assembly order that stops the line from jamming.
24 August 2026 · 7 min read MenusA game day spread that doesn't keep you in the kitchen
Timing food to the game instead of the clock, which dips hold and which break, and grazing quantities for a four-hour window.
22 August 2026 · 6 min read HostingThe dinner party timeline that actually works
Working backward from sit-down, solving oven Tetris, and why you should be doing nothing at all for twenty minutes after the doorbell.
20 August 2026 · 8 min read MenusMovie night food that survives a two-hour film
Eating in low light with one hand occupied rules out most of what you'd normally serve. What's left is better anyway.
18 August 2026 · 6 min read