LIFESTYLE NEWS - If you started this year with the resolution to create more home-cooked feasts that rival the plates that emerge from the kitchens of Rueben Riffel and Grégory Czarnecki – it’s smart to start simple.
By knowing the ins and outs of food degustation – or creating the perfect menu – it’s easy to get on your way.
Degustation’s literal translation is taste, but it also employs the idea of presenting a plate of food that is cohesive and works well together, but also fits into a larger narrative.
Think of it as fine-tuning the food you cook and editing it to form a whole – or a series of tastes that’s different, or gives a full spectrum of your culinary prowess.
Top chefs like Chantal Dartnell from Restaurant Mosaic have been using the degustation method for years, seasonally offering a grande degustation and market degustation menu.
Read more on the Caxton publication, The Citizen.
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