Trends in recent years have been toward “less is more” presentation of food, with eye-popping colors and smaller portions on shiny white plates of all shapes and sizes. Which leads to the matter of ...

No matter how well you cook a dish, sometimes it doesn't seem to look quite as good as the same food in a restaurant. While it's true that chefs have a lot more training when it comes to plating, not ...

How to make tomato garnish, simply slice a tomato in half then slice in to very thin slices using an extremely sharp knife, ...

Delicious presentation of your vegan meals will make them taste better without you having to change a single ingredient. The brain thinks food that looks good must taste good. As you’re planning your ...

These sugar-covered cranberries make a pretty red garnish on your favorite dessert or baked goods — like cheesecake, coffee cake, holiday fruitcake and fruit tarts or pies. But they can also do so ...

You can prepare a red or yellow gazpacho (use yellow tomatoes and a yellow bell pepper). Keeping the skins on the tomatoes intact gives a deeper color, but if you prefer to peel them, blanch them for ...

We garnish a cocktail to complete its taste and presentation! The last step of many classic and contemporary cocktail recipes is to add a citrus peel, fruit wedge, maraschino cherry, onion, or olive.

Soup is best when it's bursting with flavor. If you're adding herbs but still struggling to get the soup recipe to pop, try ...

Consider the martini’s olives, the Gibson’s onion, the Manhattan’s cherry or the julep’s particularly lavish mint bouquet. Each of these cocktails, and many others, would not be complete without their ...

Searching for ideas to make entertaining this holiday season shine? Why not think outside the box and treat your guests to something different? Lynn Nueberg, founder of Easy Leaf Products was here to ...