Summer Cooking, Food Can Be Beautiful

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Inspired by a recent art exhibit, Listen to Nutrition host Iva Bennett explains the importance of displaying good food beautifully, "In most pleasures we have in life, a good share of the actual enjoyment comes from anticipation. That's why every dish you prepare and serve should be as attractive to look at as it is to eat."

She provides some suggestions, for example, pouring canned tomato soup and can pea soup in a serving bowl at opposite ends to create the visual "trick" of soup that is half scarlet and half green.

This recording is part of a "Summer Cooking" series, but not meant for broadcast.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 150768
Municipal archives id: LT3460

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