Product Description
Food Presentation: Tips & Inspiration with Michelle Valigursky
Food Presentation Tips & Inspiration contains beautiful arrangements restaurant chefs rely on to wow their guests. Michelle Valigursky introduces you to building basic food presentation techniques and creative ways to use ordinary household items. She guides the chef with which tools and knives work best for each project with a picture glossary of tool use, then moving on to basic knife skills. Michelle teaches the reader about plates and presentation, foods are the tricks of the trade when assembling a dinner plate or serving platter considering shapes and sizes to complete your designs. When presenting exquisite foods artistically you need special sauces, which are called saucing methods. Using your plate as a blank canvas you can create abstract shapes with a delicate sauce to connect meats and vegetables. You will learn about decorative presentation techniques, though eye catching designs taking your food presentation skills to an artistic level. There is a full chapter on working with chocolate and understanding key terms that you will come across in your recipes. Michelle also guides you through creating beautiful buffets, making sure you have enough food, and variety, and still presenting an attractive showcase. Quick garnishes and wow tips are also included, while exploring the beauty of fresh citrus slices, or investigating new and different drinks to serve. There are recipes and cooking suggestions plus more than 230 color photographs loaded with ideas. This book is fantastic with so much information that you'll find yourself inspired while adding creativity and interest to all your food presentations.
Food Presentation; Tips & Inspiration Contains:
- Tools Of The Trade.
- Plates & Presentation.
- Saucing Confidence.
- Decorative Presentation Techniques.
- Working With Chocolate.
- Beautiful Buffets.
- Quick Garnishes & Wow Tips.
- Tables Settings.
- Cooking Resource Guide.
Food Presentation;Tips & Inspiration Book Specifications:
- Softcover.
- 128 Pages.
- 230 Color Photographs.
- Author, Michelle Valigursky.