| Are you a self-confessed artist? Do you have a keen | | | | culinary arts fruit designs have invaded the dining |
| eye for detail and a sharp mind for beauty? Do you | | | | scene everywhere. |
| consider preparing food as an art? The culinary arts is | | | | Making culinary fruit designs are based into two |
| not just about cooking delectable meals. It can also | | | | categories. One category means working with the |
| mean the courteous service we get from | | | | "hard" fruits. Detailed carvings such as animal designs |
| restaurants. Or it can be the hospital food that we | | | | and intricate flowers can be achieved if you deal with |
| never like to eat. Culinary arts is very much involved | | | | these hard fruits. The culinary arts fruit designs that |
| in the creation of ice sculptors, and chocolate | | | | do not require too much detail may be done using |
| carvings. | | | | the "soft" fruits like mangoes, papaya, banana, and |
| That's not all. Culinary fruit designs have become | | | | the like. The soft fruits are more difficult to carve |
| famous over the years. Fruit carvings actually started | | | | into culinary arts fruit designs because carving them |
| in Thailand and have been around for several | | | | should be done faster then you would the hard fruit. |
| centuries already. The use of culinary arts fruit | | | | The soft ones tend too get mushy and have the |
| designs in dishes have basically been limited to those | | | | tendency to lose their juice before any shape is |
| prepared for the royal family. The royal chef had the | | | | formed. Thus, this category needs a more skilled fruit |
| biggest responsibility in making sure that the meals | | | | carver to be able form the desired culinary fruit |
| served were pleasing not only to the mouth but to | | | | designs. |
| the eyes as well. This art of fruit and vegetable | | | | Culinary experts do not only use the fruit and |
| carving which is known as "kae-sa-lak" is done | | | | vegetables to make dishes more presentable. The |
| everywhere nowadays. However, it is believed that | | | | skins are also used as garnish and can be made into |
| Thailand still holds the best culinary fruit designs. | | | | artistic designs on the plate as well. Fruit carvers do |
| Thailand is known all over the world for the richness | | | | not need a whole box of tools to create life-like |
| of its arts and culture. The country boasts of its Thai | | | | culinary arts fruit designs. Culinary professionals, and |
| crafts which include the fruit and vegetable carvings. | | | | almost everyone in Thailand, would need only a sharp |
| This ancient art has grown from being used strictly in | | | | carving knife to make their masterpieces. Some |
| royal meals, to food offerings for monks, special | | | | people went to school to learn this, and some were |
| events like weddings, to ordinary guests. Now, | | | | simply born with it. Which one are you? |