When making new recipes, a chef, home cook, or recipe developer must exercise both creativity and originality. Creativity allows the cook to put a spin on ingredients, technique or a dish itself. It means to create something new out of something else, with the spark provided by an idea.
Originality is needed in the sense that the new recipes created should be new or better than its origin. They say nothing is original in this world anymore, in the hundred or so years that recipes were created. But perhaps, there would always be a refreshing take or a new way to look at, do and taste things, especially in the culinary world.
So as a creator of new recipes, take inspiration from ingredients you are not familiar with. You’ll know about them in books, magazines and websites; eating out; visiting your local grocer, butcher, farmer’s market, and specialty shops; and watching cooking, lifestyle and travel shows. You’ll also encounter inspiration when you travel to different places and get to taste new cuisines that are new to your palate.
New recipes also emerge from accidental discoveries so take heed when you’re cooking or baking doesn’t seem to go right—make something out of a fallen cake, a botched up sauce or an overly salty stew. The possibilities, especially in cooking, are as endless as the cook’s imagination.
New recipes also arise by putting a twist on old classics, such as meatloaf, roasts, pound cakes, apple pie ala mode, pecan pie, and so forth. A twist is a deviation from the usual, a riff off something done before, a harmony in music, a delight in food.
Make new recipes also by creating a healthier or vegetarian or vegan version of rich dishes or meat recipes. Adopt health trends and fashion out dishes that are gluten-free, allergy-free, diabetic-friendly and the like.
The fusion of foods and cuisines also provide an avenue for new creations. Just remember to be a master of both cuisines you are fusing together so that the flavor profile would not be a strange combination. East meets West, south meets north, yin and yang—find the common ground between the two and create new recipes.
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