Entertaining Edibles: 50 Fun Food Sculptures for All Occasions

by Sidney Escowitz

You’ve seen them decorating plates at the toniest restaurants, admired them at weddings, and marveled at the chefs who designed them—and now you can produce a dazzling array of ornamental fruit and vegetable centerpieces at home. Turn peppers, peas, and ginger root into a festive holiday reindeer, or transform squash, potatoes, olives, and berries into a laughing leprechaun for a St. Patrick’s Day feast. Simple instructions and dozens of photographs in a concealed spiral-bound volume make it easy to achieve terrific results. From creating a workspace and choosing tools to finding supplies and designing your own projects, the information here will have you producing playful, charming, and elegant food creations in no time.

160 pages, Spiral-bound

First published March 1, 2004

Reviews

[Petra thinks 86F humid feels as bad as 114F dry]

The delicious-looking fresh melon and pineapple 'cake' on the cover is probably the best sculpture in the book. It is well-illustrated and whereas the sculptures are generally not very difficult, they aren't very inspiring either.

[Susan Wright]

Wonderful photographs in this book as well as detailed instructions for creating the works of art. A large majority of the projects are probably out of my skill range, however they inspire creativity in young and old alike. I tried a few new designs based off the projects highlighted in the book.

[Kathleen]

I'm going to make the cake on the cover -- and maybe one or two of the other 49 food sculptures.

The photography is great, and the instructions are clear. A lot of the sculptures themselves, though, look impressive in how they were conceived but aren't otherwise that visually appealing (a reindeer made with a yellow bell pepper and hunks of fresh ginger for antlers?), so if I did them there would be a strong chance of a Pinterest fail.