Source the claim
Material claims are atomic records connected to the evidence that supports, qualifies or contradicts them.
The Gastromica Editorial Graph
Evidence before volume.
A recipe becomes publishable only when its identity, sources, interpretation, safety, image rights and search intent survive independent checks—and JB makes the final human decision.
Keep disagreement
Regional and household variation is not averaged away to manufacture one definitive answer.
Name the limits
Named external cooks may verify that they prepared the dish. Their credit never becomes proof that Gastromica’s exact recipe was kitchen-tested.
Freeze the decision
JB approves an exact version. A later substantive edit invalidates that approval and returns the page to review.
Core agents
Nine separate responsibilities.
Compass
Resolves dish identity, names and boundaries.
Ledger
Connects material claims to independent sources.
Chorus
Preserves meaningful regional and household variation.
Hearth
Develops the approachable Gastromica interpretation.
Measure
Audits quantities, conversions, allergens, storage and safety.
Steward
Challenges unsupported cultural and authenticity language.
Palate
Adds sensory cues, substitutions and failure recovery.
Signal
Validates search intent, metadata, links and visible schema.
Skeptic
Attempts to reject the finished record before JB sees it.
Regional research desks
Specialized routing, never pretend expertise.
Sava
Balkans
Aegea
Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean
Aras
Caucasus
Cedar
Levant
Atlas
North Africa
Oxus
Central Asia
Vistula
Central and Eastern Europe
These are AI-assisted research roles with source registries and escalation rules—not people and not representatives of a culture. If region-connected evidence is insufficient, the correct output is “insufficient evidence,” not a completed recipe.
What scale means here
1,000 records does not mean 1,000 published pages.
Gastromica maintains a private 1,000-dish research portfolio. Drafts stay out of search and out of the sitemap until their evidence graph, safety review, independent audit and JB approval are complete.
See how records change