Trends in recent years have been toward “less is more” presentation of food, with eye-popping colors and smaller portions on shiny white plates of all shapes and sizes. Which leads to the matter of ...

Delicious presentation of your vegan meals will make them taste better without you having to change a single ingredient. The brain thinks food that looks good must taste good. As you’re planning your ...

These sugar-covered cranberries make a pretty red garnish on your favorite dessert or baked goods — like cheesecake, coffee cake, holiday fruitcake and fruit tarts or pies. But they can also do so ...

You can prepare a red or yellow gazpacho (use yellow tomatoes and a yellow bell pepper). Keeping the skins on the tomatoes intact gives a deeper color, but if you prefer to peel them, blanch them for ...

Slow cooker soups might make you think heavy and hearty meals, but this light and refreshing tomato soup is perfect for warmer days. Add a nice big chunk of garlic bread, and you’ve got yourself a ...

We garnish a cocktail to complete its taste and presentation! The last step of many classic and contemporary cocktail recipes is to add a citrus peel, fruit wedge, maraschino cherry, onion, or olive.

Forget food, try some flowers instead to increase immunity. If we go by a new research, common edible flowers in China are rich in phenolics and have excellent antioxidant capacity. These edible ...

Upgrade your garnishes with tips from bartenders around the country to make your cocktails stand out at parties this season. “A garnish needs to enhance the drinking experience,” says Ian Alexander, ...

Consider the martini’s olives, the Gibson’s onion, the Manhattan’s cherry or the julep’s particularly lavish mint bouquet. Each of these cocktails, and many others, would not be complete without their ...

This sugar-coated garnish is good for an array of adult beverages. If you ever tapped a watermelon with vodka or filled a sheet tray of gummy bears to swim in a pool of your preferred adult beverage ...

A great garnish should enhance the drink's flavor, aroma, and intent — not just look pretty. When it comes to Martinis, are you on Team Twist? Or Team Olive? Does your heart sink if a Manhattan ...