Fraises au Sucre et Eclats de Fève de Cacao

[Just a little something to keep you happy while I busy myself madly at work, playing firefighter on a work project gone horribly awry.]

Write down some of your favorite ingredients on small pieces of paper. Put them all in a jar, pick three at random (no cheating!) and see if you can come up with a recipe to make the most of your trio.

Sometimes it does not work at all, but sometimes you get: a chicken stew with fresh figs and almonds, zucchini stuffed with polenta and mint, a tuna and lentil salad in a coffee dressing, chocolate and cilantro bread pudding, a chilled leek soup made with fermented milk and toasted walnuts...

Or, as pictured above: strawberries sprinkled with unrefined sugar and cacao nibs. Simplicity and complementarity in both taste and texture, just the kind of prize you can hope for in this little cooking-inspiration game...