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Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0
New to Plating? Then DO read this! The negative reviews and low rating of this book left me so flabbergasted that I had to put in my 2c. I love this book and have bought two additional copies for friends as gifts. OK, it's probably not a book for professional chefs or people who have been plating food at home since they were two bricks and tickey high. But if you've recently discovered plating, and need ideas on how to get started yourself, or progress your beginning experiments, this book is actually a quite wonderful foundation!more info
Chefs view A lot of the presentation in the book is dated. Presentation of food is perhaps the most fashion concious aspect of food; and as such obsolescence seems to court a book like this one. I found some of the presentations to be OK but you'd be better off paying more attention to your plate in a very good restaurant than buying this book.
Pretty pictures but lacking substance Whilst some of the presentation ideas are good (not that there are many!) there is little detail on methods used (two or three pictures at most on each)and even fewer recipes...
One of those books that could have been good, but simply fell at the first hurdle - i.e. to engage and inspire!
You could probably gain more from browsing a sunday newspaper supplement.
