Gallery: Foodie Dice Make Gourmet Cooking a Game
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"[Foodie Dice](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/twotumbleweeds/foodie-dice-play-with-your-food)" can help inspire over 168,000 potential meals and makes cooking a more creative act. *Photo: Liz & Sarah Downey*
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Created by sisters Liz and Sarah Downey, the dice were developed to help get them out of a creative rut. "Life gets busy and as you live somewhere longer it’s easy to take it for granted that you can always do things later," says Sarah Downey. *Photo: Liz & Sarah Downey*
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Though simple, the dice are surprisingly flexible. Vegetarian and paleo diets can be accommodated by rolling the veg or meat die twice and a separate vegetable die for each season makes it easy to remember if kale, chard, or endives are in. *Photo: Liz & Sarah Downey*
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Suggestions from backers range from line extensions into dessert and drink courses with a few ardent D&D fans clamoring for a D20-based selection. *Photo: Liz & Sarah Downey*
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"The wine tumbler was the best solution to showcase the dice and enhance the experience of rolling them," says Liz Downey. "And we loved the idea of [reusing a glass bottle](http://refreshglass.com/) rather than using a new one. Ultimately, we decided that we couldn't let cost drive our design decisions." *Photo: Liz & Sarah Downey*
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Foodie Dice will be [raising funds on Kickstarter](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/twotumbleweeds/foodie-dice-play-with-your-food) until November 1 with prices starting at $16. *Photo: Liz & Sarah Downey*
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