💚 Keep The Pot Full

Feed the Cook

Every recipe, every lesson, every game on this site is free — and stays free — because of people like you who choose to circulate love.

A note from the chef

If this fed your soul, feed the cook.

Every recipe here was written at the kitchen counter between shifts, between heartbreaks, between the quiet 4 AM moments when most people are asleep and a few of us are still chasing a calling. I share them free because abundance multiplies when you give it away first — but the truth is the rent doesn't pay itself, the camera doesn't buy itself, and the dream is running on faith and discount coffee. If anything I've made has made your day a little warmer, your night a little less heavy, or your kitchen a little braver — please consider tossing a few dollars into the pot. You're not just supporting a guy with recipes. You're keeping a wide net cast in faith. Every cent goes back into making more for you.

Why your $5 is louder than you think

When somebody sends $5 to $matthewsmith9999, they're not just buying a coffee. They're paying for the camera battery that records the next recipe. They're funding the domain that hosts the next lesson. They're telling the universe, "Keep this voice talking — it matters to me." That signal carries further than any algorithm.

I came up cooking out of small kitchens with big dreams and short rent windows. The work you see here is built between shifts, between heartbreaks, between the 4 AM hours when most people sleep and a few of us are still chasing a calling. Your support converts directly into more time at the stove and the keyboard — which converts directly into more for you.

If you can't give money, give attention: follow on @maatsmit96, watch on TikTok @maatsmith96, or join Robinhood with my referral — we both get a free stock and you take a real step toward financial muscle. Every wave counts. None of it is small.

Thank you. Truly. Now go cook something.