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Showing posts with label decoration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label decoration. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Food Topiaries

What's trending right now in the culinary world?   
Edible topiaries.

Many topiaries come with a pot and have a rounded shape

  
Others, like this French Macaroon topiary is cone shaped. Love the bright colors!

This one is made out of meringue stars- very easy to make! All you need is a meringue recipe, food coloring, and a piping bag and tip.

Here are two that we made for a baby shower: These have edible glitter!



This one, out of brussels sprouts, is a little more subtle yet very elegant

These, from Martha Stewart, are made out of rock candy



Tuesday, December 18, 2012

The Art of Plating

At Savory we abide by the 3 P's of culinary arts:

Preparation
Palatte
Presentation

Of course, the preparation and palatte are important but mostly it's the presentation that entices the taste buds.
Here are some pictures of a recent event we did with 7 courses of food!

As the guests were arriving and miling about we served them an original specialty drink: a Sparkling Blood Orange Pomtini with a glitter sugar rimmer. The perfect fancy drink for a fancy party!

The table setting is also very important. We brought out our best china, silverware and water goblets for this elegant dinner.  We reused old Perrier sparkling water bottles as candle holders, and had a color scheme of whites, light browns and varying shades of green.




One of our Amuse Bouche (literally "mouth amuser" in French) was a Watermelon Gazpacho- a Spanish soup traditionally served cold. These were served in 
white ramekins with a cucumber star cutout.
 Our second amuse bouche was a Prickly Pear sorbet garnished with a sugar shard and a wedge of dragon fruit.
 One of our biggest hits of the night was our newest Buttery Pinyon appetizer: Sauteed pine nuts, spinach and golden raisins atop toasted herbed bread rounds and garnished with Asiago cheese.


 Each salad was arranged by one our employees and served in a coconut shell. The salad was tossed with our original coconut dressing with persimmons, blackberries, and pineapple.


We had a choice of four desserts! A salted caramel gelato in a chocolate cup, fresh berries and cream with a florentine shard, mini killer chocolate cake rounds, and a festive mint panna cotta



Monday, October 29, 2012

How To Make a Creative Candleholder


How to make an Artichoke Candleholder decoration
1). Buy Artichokes fresh. They are in season in the Spring and early Summer.


Cut off the stem to make a level base. Use a sharp knife. For recommendations on knives, see Chef Lou's top Kitchen Gadgets




Next, cut off the top because it looks more clean.

Open it up, hollow out a space for your candle and remove the inner leaves.


Complete! Great for rustic and modern table decorations.