Like any other art form, imagination plays a huge role in cooking. Chefs from the world over know and understand their tools, their canvas, and their paints. Before they even start to create their art, they first imagine what the flavour would be like. Chefs have been known to spend days trying to get an elusive flavour just right. Chefs are visionaries and they curate and swirl things together so that the person experiencing their art are left in awe.
Presentation is half the war. A real visionary understands this. Presentation of food was brought in by Catherine de Medici, wife of Henry II of France because she knew that these creations should never just be served in a bowl or a plate with a spoon. Plating is the art of presenting the food in such an appealing way that people who are getting ready to eat are already convinced that it will taste like heaven. A drop here, a smear there, some garnish, and maybe a leaf or a flower. Now both your eyes and your nose will tell your brain that something amazing is about to happen.
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