Creative Carving: Fruits and Vegetables

by Kikky Sihota

There is no dearth of cookery books overflowing the well-stocked shelves of bookshops today, but Creative Carving of Fruits and Vegetables is a book with a difference. The author presents simple, easy to make, and highly attractive ways of carving fruits and vegetables for salads, garnishes, unusual and exotic dishes, light-as-air fruit-based desserts, as well as table decorations that will do any hostess proud. The book is a boon for both amateur and accomplished cooks. All that is needed to master the innovative and multihued fruit and vegetable creations is a little time and patience. The gratifying results will add that finishing touch that separates a mundane meal from the spectacular. Try them out and get compliments galore.

96 pages, Hardcover

First published April 4, 2004

Reviews

[Stephen]

Kikky Sihota is probably a very nice person. Her English is imperfect. Her illustrations hard to follow. Her ideas of what to carve from fruits and vegetables are kitschy, cutesy, and stuck somewhere in the 1950s. One's culinary library would not be incomplete without this book. Better you should read Sallie Y. Williams, The Art of Presenting Food, New York: HarperCollins, 1982, or perhaps Mickey Baskett, Gourmet Garnishes: Creative ways to dress up your food, New York: Sterling Publishing, 2006; or Christa Schmedes, The Book of Garnishing, Karen Green, Trans., Godalming, Surry: CLB Publishing, 1995; or Amy Texido, Marianne Muller, Eril Pratsch & Hubert Krieg, Glorious Garnishes: Crafting easy & spectacular food decorations, New York: Sterling/Lark, 1992.