Food Art

The Art of Food Plating

from https://livingxdesign.wordpress.com/2014/02/15/the-art-of-food-plating/

I am a so so cook but there is nothing more appealing to me than a well composed plate of food. This post is dedicated to the many ways well known cooks present a dish. I’d leave the cooking technique to other’s posts. First, we get to feast with our eyes and then surrender ourselves to our visual senses. These are dishes that have me at hello. With my tendency to make list and sort things to categories, I will try to do the same with this art.

The Zen composition.

Brushstrokes of sauce, spare use of colors in food.

The tower – piling ingredients, one on top of another.

Always top the tower off with something eye catching!

Some food just want to be the lone island.

The spring garden- gather a concoction of greens and bright colors.

Food Trinity. The foodman always rings thrice.

Trios are never de trop. The first bite surprises, the second confirms and the third is savored.

Slices– They stack, they layer, they fan out.

Sliced them thin, mix them  up, roll them up, pile them on…

Triffle style presentation. Use  nicely shaped glassware and voila.

Pure geometric shapes serve well as focal points. Cubes, egg shapes, cylinders, spheres…

Parallel lines – A nice graphic trick.

Swirls, twigs, tuiles, curls, foam and spun sugar. This is how to pop a top.

Artful dishware will always do the trick.

Are we hungry yet? Don’t bother trying these at home…

Sometimes, a limited palette of colors can do more for the eyes.

And finally, my version of heaven…

Foie gras Cotton Candy.  Sigh sigh sigh…