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Inside our test kitchen: a week of dogfooding Culino

The bugs, the wins, the chicken that wasn't chicken.

Every quarter our whole team eats exclusively from the app for a week. No Slack lunches, no takeout. Cook what Mila says.

Monday: the pantry scanner thought my parsley was kale. Mila suggested a smoothie. We ate the smoothie. It was fine.

Wednesday: a 30-minute weeknight ramen recipe took 52 minutes — because we didn't read the step that said 'broth simmers while you prep'. We added a 'parallel timer' flag the next day.

Friday: the photo scanner identified a herb-marinated tofu as chicken. The macros were wrong by 14g of protein. We caught it because someone on the team is vegetarian and noticed.

Net: 14 bugs, 9 wins, 2 hot takes. Every dogfooding week makes the next ship better. Highly recommend.

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