Warm kitchen scene with food laid out on a counter in golden hour light

everything in its place, finally.

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A note from Ajla

I built Mise en Paws because I couldn't find it anywhere else. Twelve tabs, three apps, a notes app graveyard. None of it talked to each other, and none of it made cooking feel any easier.

So I made the version I wanted. One place for the recipe, the list, the plan, the budget, the inspiration. Designed for a regular Tuesday, not just a holiday.

I hope it lives on your phone the way it lives on mine.

xx, Ajla B.

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what we believe

honesty.

we're not selling fantasies. cooking is hard, dinner is real, and we're tired too.

freedom to play.

focus on the tablescape, not the budget. swap an ingredient because you feel like it. cooking should be fun.

presence.

hosting shouldn't pull you out of the night. the days of serving everyone but yourself are done.

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the team

Portrait of Ajla, founder of mise en paws, smiling in her kitchen

ajla

a girl who loves cooking, building this between a 9 to 5 and dinner.

Portrait of Atlas the dog, the resident taste tester at mise en paws

atlas

an agouti husky whose bloodline crossed tundras. he crosses the kitchen for snacks.