Now, as much as I advocate experimentation in your cooking, I don’t recommend randomness. If you’re going to do something off-the-wall, make sure you have a good reason, even if the reason is just to see how the flavors go together. If you want to put bacon in your martini (and I know people who have done this and liked it), fine, just think about how that’s going to work first.
But sometimes, a little randomness can be good for your creativity. I think these recipe dice from Leafcutter Designs are the cutest thing. Each face of each die has a different ingredient. Some of the dice are even seasonal! Just roll the dice, and challenge yourself to invent a dish using all the ingredients that come up.
I’ll add a rule to this game: stew is off-limits. It’s too easy to throw things in a pot and call it “stew”. You have to actually try to be creative.
Has anyone done this exercise, with dice or otherwise? How did it go?