The Art of Food Sculpture: Designs & Techniques (Schiffer Design Books) [Paperback]

Yuci Tan (Author)

Book Description

Series: Schiffer Design Books | Publication Date: July 2007

When life hands you lemons, make butterflies! This color illustrated guide for the beginning food sculptor explores different carving techniques and offers a broad range of projects simple enough for anyone to accomplish, beautiful enough to astonish any guest. Likewise, the experienced food sculptor will find this book a gold mine of ideas. It's packed with images and stencil templates for creating amazing table centerpieces, plus plate and platter garnishes. Trained in the capital of China, Yuci Tan brings Oriental design to edible food sculptures. Deli slices never looked so good, and who would ever have thought a honeydew melon could be so versatile. Simple tomatoes and cucumbers become works of art, and hard boiled eggs, apples, and eggplants are transformed into charming characters, tropical fish, and elegant flowers. And here, finally, is the solution to that annual conundrum - what to do with the garden's overabundance of zucchini. Explore the possibilities!

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About the Author

Yuci Tan took up the study of food sculpture in Beijing and has degrees from culinary art schools both in China and in America. She has applied her art at the Ritz Carlton and Marriott hotels in Philadelphia and in many country clubs including Saucon Valley. She teaches garnishing at several colleges and her work won awards at the 1998 International Hotel Olympics in London. She has also pioneered her own style of food sculpture, which is a combination of Chinese paper cutting, food sculpture, and American culture.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing (July 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764314548
• ISBN-13: 978-0764314544
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #648,067 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Please don't buy!, January 18, 2006

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Jord the Chef (West Palm Beach, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art of Food Sculpture: Designs & Techniques (Schiffer Design Books) (Paperback)

After having read the previous review i made the gamble and bought the book. Please don't make the same mistake. The book laks proffessionalism, instructions and originality. The book is a lousy collection of pictures of low grade food carvings, and gives no or minimal instructions on how to recreate them. if it was not for all the hassle and costs involved this book would have been returned on the same day as received!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A book for all levels, October 26, 2002

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James Moll (Tamaqua, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art of Food Sculpture: Designs & Techniques (Schiffer Design Books) (Paperback)

I have been in the food service industry for 18 years, and am always looking for new ideas. A friend told me about this book a month ago and I've been having fun with it ever since. There are so many original designs and instructions on how to create them. And many are easy enough for my kids to do.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor quality!!!!, February 8, 2007

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Brean83 "Brean83" (Brea, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art of Food Sculpture: Designs & Techniques (Schiffer Design Books) (Paperback)

Do not buy this book!!! 10 minutes after I recieved the book, I decided to return it. The pictures of the sculpters are a poor quality, and some are not pictures at all, but are hand drawn illustraions (not good illustraions either). Even the sculptures themselves are tacky (littlerabbits with pink ears and so forth). Again...Please do not waste your money on this book.