Decorative Food

I’m not big on time-consuming food art, but have had some fun exploring the tricks of turning food into something a little more eye-catching (thus thrilling my five-year-old).

GENERAL

• About oekakiben: Decorative food art bentos (by Amorette)
• Edible Paint (by Amorette)
• Edible glue: How to anchor food decorations (by Amorette)
  
• The Waxpaper Transfer Technique (by Amorette)
• Outsmarting seafood allergies and a how-to on Faux Roe (by Amorette)

BOOKS

• Review of Face Food, a kyaraben coffee table book
• Review of Hawaii’s Bento Box Cookbook
• Review of Kawaii Bento Boxes (NEW)

EGGS

• Curried egg “fish”
• Fun with egg whites (by Amorette)
• Sausage & quail egg “sunflowers”
• Scrambled egg purses
• Shaped eggs using common ice cream sandwich molds
• Thin egg sheets (usuyaki tamago) in the microwave

SAUSAGES

• “Octodogs” (octopus hot dogs)
• Sausage “rabbits” (rabbit-shaped hot dogs)
• Sausage & quail egg “sunflowers”

FRUIT

• Rabbit-shaped apple wedges
• Decorative banana wedges
• Zig-zag kiwi fruit

VEGETABLES

• Skewered tomato/cheese “sandwiches”

RICE

• Cookie cutters can act as onigiri rice ball molds
• Fried shrimp sushi rolls for Children’s Day holiday (NEW)
• “Rice cubes” square onigiri

SANDWICHES

• Fish-shaped sandwich for Children’s Day holiday (Kodomo no Hi)