Watch any TV chef, go into any restaurant kitchen and watch the chefs at work, and before they send out a dish they will ensure that the presentation is just right. In fact many will say that presentation is everything.
The world is full of recipe books, with ideas that range from how to make a simple sandwich or boil an egg, to elaborate dishes that would be the envy of any dinner party. But while there is a book for every kind of cook, they all have one thing in common – they are all full of pictures so you can get an idea of what your dish will look like before you even cook it, to build the anticipation, to imagine your meal before you’ve even taken the ingredients out of the packet. But how important is that really?
Of course, when you serve something it does need to look appetising. After all, a sandwich made from a couple of slices of dried bread and a few limp salad leaves isn’t going to inspire you to want to eat it. Equally a plate piled high with a multitude of ingredients can be visually overwhelming.
There are hundreds of blogs out there with the most delicious recipes and stunning pictures to go with them. But I want to offer the alternative view.
I want to use words to capture my readers’ imagination.
This blog is as the title says – the blind taste test.
If you couldn’t see your plate of food, would you still enjoy eating it? Could you close your eyes and take a mouthful of what you’re eating, something simple, a square of chocolate, and just taste it? Don’t imagine what chocolate looks like, just taste it?
I have cooked everything from soufflés to cheesecakes, from pasta to pies, and lots and lots of things in between.
I want to use this blog to share the art of taste over presentation. Not that presentation isn’t important, but merely to offer an alternative view.
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