but too much of it can make the plate look cluttered. The best-plated desserts have a balance and each element should serve a purpose. For example, a warm gulab jamun with just a drizzle of rabri and ...

This dessert extravaganza begins with, of course, chocolate. While studying at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, I was struck by the European chefs who crafted plated desserts.

The art of arranging food, known as plating, has entered a freewheeling new phase. Here are the latest fashions, fads and follies. At Gabriel Kreuther in Manhattan, a sweet-potato dessert sits on ...

If you're trying to impress your guests with dessert, then you need to know how to present it. Find out some tips and techniques to plate desserts like a pro.