February 13, 2004
Plat du Jour
Chocolate & Zucchini now has a Plat du Jour generator! Click away, and get hundreds of thousands of dish suggestions in the pure C&Z spirit...
The idea for this came to me in the middle of the night, which is sort of worrying, but anyway. Hope you have as much fun with this as I do!
Note : I wrote this in English, the ever so modular language, because you wouldn't believe the nightmare of randomly combining and conjugating adjectives and nouns in French! No, you wouldn't. Really.
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Permalink | Posted by clotilde in Interlude
Sesame Greens Salad with Grilled Thyme
Roasted Ricotta Bisque and Glazed Cashews
Herbed Lentils and Eggs with Cappuccino Pinenuts
now i know how some restaurants come up with their menus!
wait let me try another one
Flambé Onions and Catfish with Buttermilk Hazelnuts
hey Gordon Ramsay, eat your heart out (with caramelized pine nuts)
i just wish i had more time to waste..
Posted by carlo on February 13, 2004 11:33 AMGoodness, there are some......interesting suggestions there!!! :-)
Posted by Niki on February 13, 2004 1:16 PM*giggle* Yay, silly toy! Now, how about a food personality quiz. "Which delectable dish are you?" or something like that :-)
Posted by nattie on February 13, 2004 2:45 PMThis is both hilarious (stuffed cashews!) and great to get a new idea for dinner (tatin of glazed ham with spiced red peppers? I'll try that no doubt). Thanks Clotilde
Posted by Alberto on February 13, 2004 4:15 PMjuste un bisou!
Posted by Loli on February 13, 2004 4:39 PMtrès amusants tes "plats du jour"!
Approaching the same idea from a slightly different perspective are these two site you might like to check out--
http://www.cookingbynumbers.com/
http://www.researchbuzz.org/archives/001404.shtml
You actually enter the ingredients you have on hand and it gives you recipes.
Posted by Amy on February 13, 2004 6:01 PMVery funny. I find that every dish sounds just great at first, then I'll start to think about it, then about half of them sound pretty bad. But the other half still seem worth a try!
Posted by Rebeca on February 13, 2004 7:17 PMBulghur and Candied Mushrooms with Grilled Caramel? What, exactly, would candied mushrooms be like? :P In any case, neat little toy you've created. Now, do I dare try its suggestons...
Posted by Eric on February 13, 2004 9:55 PMI'm glad you find this little toy of some amusement! Like Alberto, I find some combinations hilarious : "sliced lentils"? Might it not be a little um... time-consuming? :)
Nattie - I will definitely look into the personality quiz, it's a mighty fine idea!
Amy - Thanks for the links, they sound like useful/fun resources...
Posted by clotilde on February 13, 2004 11:11 PMThank you so much, that is quite amusing, and some of it sounds quite tasty.
Posted by Charlotte on February 14, 2004 5:26 PMCharlotte - You are very welcome, I'm glad you think it fun! :)
Posted by clotilde on February 15, 2004 10:36 PM