Six Coachella Valley chefs present a signature dish from their restaurant menu and discuss the art of plating.

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 ...

MOORHEAD — We’ve seen it happen a hundred times. A meal is brought to a restaurant table and, before lifting a fork or spoon, the customer lifts a cellphone, takes a picture and posts it to Instagram.

One of the biggest differences between home-cooked meals and something you'd get in a restaurant is visual appeal. People often eat with their eyes first, so even if you've followed a recipe to a T, ...

With the winter holidays approaching, you're likely hosting — and cooking — more often. You probably want to impress your guests and make them feel appreciated, which means serving dishes that look as ...

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 ...

Dessert is something you always want more of, especially when it’s presented well. If a treat is well plated, it adds a level of sophistication to any meal. Even if it’s a mass-produced snack cake.

Fine dining is often built on the belief that how a dish looks is just as important as how it tastes. Chefs spend years learning to arrange food with precision, hoping it turns each plate into a piece ...

There are some kitchen tools you only miss when it’s too late. The plating ring is one of them. Not because you use it every day (nobody uses a plating ring every day unless they live inside a cooking ...

If you've ever enjoyed a great meal at a fine-dining restaurant, watched any of the countless cooking competition shows, or ...