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.

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 ...

Last Updated on November 18, 2025 by Matt Staff Fine dining is often built on the belief that how a dish looks is just as ...

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 ...

Why does it matter? Plating food is part science, part art, part intuition. “There are a lot of key factors,” says Timothy Harris, “and the plating, overall, incorporates the whole thing. You look at ...

When you've patiently waited for food to finish cooking with a grumbling stomach, the last thing on your mind is plating it correctly. That sentiment might change, of course, when hosting dinner ...

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 ...

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 ...