Comments on: Easy Artful Plate Design

By: donna

donna — Sun, 04 May 2008 04:49:03 +0000

I don’t care for the whole stack on a plate thing. I kind of wish restaurants would stop doing it.

By: Pritya

Pritya — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:17:26 +0000

The scarlet, yellow, green and red, and many others colours – yet so harmonious and well blended. How well you have presented the visual aesthetics of food.

That’s why food in Ancient ayurveda is connected with Rasa – about aesthetics. Food is not just to fill the belly, but to activate and please the other senses too, as you have beautifully described. Enjoyed reading your post, dear Barbara.

By: Nina

Nina — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:06:16 +0000

Thanks for the informative post on food plating. It is something that I think is important, but struggle with sometimes.

By: vegoftheweek

vegoftheweek — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:50:43 +0000

Ahh if only the frozen dinners would look the same when you open up the package as they do on the box. The marketing folks definately have mastered the concept of “artful plate design.”

By: Neohippie

Neohippie — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:47:56 +0000

I wonder what you feel about the phenomenon of Too Pretty to Eat syndrome.

It’s something I’ve suffered from on the few occassions I get a fancy meal. It seems to be a particular problem with desserts. I’ve actually caused this problem myself with some desserts… having them sit there untouched until I finally ask the guests to please cut into the cake and eat it instead of just looking at it!

It seems you have a good balanced attitude here with making food look enticing without making diners feel bad about sticking a fork into a delicate work of art.