I find the fashions in the food world to be as curious and inexplicable as those in any other facet of our culture. Especially those that have nothing to do with how the food tastes or is prepared, but only its presentation. I'm curious about who began this idea of stacking things up on the plate, and when.
2007-01-08 19:29:41 · 2 answers · asked by Robert B 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Ok, perhaps I wasn't really clear. I was speaking of the fairly recent practice in high priced restaurants of putting everything in the center of the plate, stacked up high, apparently the higher the better. Rather than having your meat on one side, your mashed potatoes beside that, and then another veggie somewhere on the plate, the potatoes would be used like a cushion. The meat would be set on top of that, and then the green beans (or whatever) would be piled on top of the meat. Some bit of sauce would then be drizzled around the edges of the plate.
This is the practice I was asking about.
2007-01-15 17:36:10 · update #1
I'm pretty sure it came out of french "high" cuisine. I'm sure there's no record of who the first person was, but the trend has been growing since at least the 80's, in one form or another.
2007-01-12 01:45:18 · answer #1 · answered by Ali 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chinese Emperor's cooks and was brought by a European traders into the world.
2007-01-15 17:19:04 · answer #2 · answered by wacky_racer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋