When it comes to culinary artistry, the way a dish is presented can be just as significant as how it tastes. They say we eat with our eyes first. The artistic procedures of food plating and ...

The image is arresting: prosciutto, pink meat lined with creamy fat, spread flat on a circular white plate; on top, thin slices of horned melon, its seeds splayed out like a star; a sprinkle of ...

Plating food matters. I wish I knew this as a kid, but at least I get to consider it when feeding my own. My parents, most of my aunts and my grandma didn’t get the memo about plating food. Collard ...

Andee Gosnell is a San Francisco born, Birmingham-based food photographer, writer, and recipe developer with five years experience who loves cooking and sharing her love of food through photographs.

Many chefs thought the world of molecular food, with foams and jellies topping otherworldly plates, would come and go, he adds, “but it’s still hanging out there. It just looks like bubbles on a plate ...

You expect meals to come gorgeously plated at an upscale restaurant. But what if you were to take the same special care with how you present dishes at home? You may find your culinary efforts get even ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. Fancy plating may seem frivolous, but these ...