Food Presentation Secrets: Styling Techniques of Professionals

This cookbook is a must-have for culinary schools and home cooks who want to add a professional touch to their dishes. It provides step-by-step illustrations, checklists, and tip boxes to help readers create attractive garnishes with edible ingredients. The book covers a wide range of topics, including how and why to garnish, history of garnishing, modern garnish styles, essential cooking tips, and more.

Format: Hardback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 28 September 2020
Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd

This captivating cookbook is a must-have for both large and specialized culinary collections, serving as an invaluable resource for culinary enthusiasts and professionals alike. Its versatility makes it suitable for use as a text in culinary schools as well as in the kitchen of the adventurous home cook.

Food Presentation Secrets offers a practical guide to elevating the presentation of any dish to a professional level. With over 100 delectable sweet and savory garnishing ideas, it provides comprehensive instruction and tips from a professional cooking school perspective. This comprehensive guide empowers home chefs to create stunning garnishes with readily available edible ingredients, achieving a professional-looking result.

The book is organized into five comprehensive sections, revealing the techniques, tools, ingredients, and designs employed by chefs in fine restaurants. Step-by-step illustrations guide the reader through the assembly process, with each garnish graded in difficulty from one to five. Handy checklists, tip boxes, and identifier directories offer valuable insights on the optimal usage of various garnishes.

In addition to covering the fundamentals of garnishing, the book delves into the history, modern styles, and aesthetics of plate presentation. It provides essential cooking tips and rules of presentation, helping cooks create visually appealing and harmonious menus. The aesthetics of plate styles and shapes are explored, along with the use of useful tools and essential knives. Core garnishing techniques using sauces, gravies, oils, salsas, pestos, foliage, flowers, fruit, vegetables, flour-based garnishes, dairy, sugars, pastries, ice, chocolate, and textures are extensively covered.

Food Presentation Secrets rivals a professional culinary course, offering a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of garnishing techniques. It empowers cooks of all levels with the confidence to create attractive designs for any type of menu, elevating the dining experience and impressing guests with their culinary prowess. Whether you're a seasoned chef or a culinary enthusiast, this book is a valuable asset that will enhance your culinary skills and inspire your creativity in the kitchen.

Weight: 668g
Dimension: 209 x 210 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781554074914