Just discovered a fascinating website: http://www.foodpairing.com. I'm still figuring out how to use it, but it appears to have tremendous potential.
Unfortunately, free accounts are very limited to a selection of 100 ingredients and 25 alcoholic beverages and a paid account costs $12.90/mo (if paid yearly - $18/mo, otherwise), but I could see that it would probably be worth it to a restaurant professional.
Note that, even though I mentioned "ingredients" and "alcoholic beverages," the site isn't just for something like pairing wines to foods, but also for pairing food ingredients with one or more other food ingredients to create innovative combinations.
THIS page gives an explanation of how it works and how to use it.
It's going to take a while to explore around it and I'll be going out of town, soon, but when I get back, I want to play around with this more. Maybe, even with the limitations of a free account, I'll be able to create something interesting.
BTW, if you DO decide to try a free account, there will come a time when it will give you a $0.00 total and an option to pay with PayPal or a credit card, but if you just leave it on "credit card" and continue, it will NOT ask for any actual credit-card information (since the total is zero).
Unfortunately, free accounts are very limited to a selection of 100 ingredients and 25 alcoholic beverages and a paid account costs $12.90/mo (if paid yearly - $18/mo, otherwise), but I could see that it would probably be worth it to a restaurant professional.
Note that, even though I mentioned "ingredients" and "alcoholic beverages," the site isn't just for something like pairing wines to foods, but also for pairing food ingredients with one or more other food ingredients to create innovative combinations.
THIS page gives an explanation of how it works and how to use it.
It's going to take a while to explore around it and I'll be going out of town, soon, but when I get back, I want to play around with this more. Maybe, even with the limitations of a free account, I'll be able to create something interesting.
BTW, if you DO decide to try a free account, there will come a time when it will give you a $0.00 total and an option to pay with PayPal or a credit card, but if you just leave it on "credit card" and continue, it will NOT ask for any actual credit-card information (since the total is zero).
If blueberry muffins have blueberries in them, what do vegan muffins have?