Garnish: Jewelery for food.

A Garnish is an item or substance used as a decoration or embellishment on a prepared food dish or drink. In some cases, it may give added or contrasting flavor, but a typical garnish is selected first to augment the visual impact of the plate, not necessarily to affect the flavor. This is in contrast to a condiment which is primarily a flavor added to another food item.

Do I want to be dazzled or excited by garnish?  Not really.  Although the garnish makes a dish look “pretty”, I’d prefer to have more of the item that I am going to eat.  Give me some more rice or extra sauce and I am happy.   I will agree that garnishing is, indeed, an art form.  Some of the additions that i have seen before appear to have taken longer to produce than it did to prepare the meal underneath.

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Check out the TLC Cooking website, if you are interested in more details about garnishing.  There are a lot of cool ideas there.

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