Chinese Food Carving

Food carving is a unique art form that integrates cooking, painting, and carving. It works on hard materials such as vegetables, melons, and fruits as well as soft materials like flour, sugar, and butter using such tools as fillet knife, scraper knife, and scooping knife. This book is a choice collection of food carvings done by Mr. Cao Nai-Sheng.

Key Features:
(1) Written by Cai Nai-Sheng, gold medal winner of international food carving contests
(2) An excellent presentation of author's superb skills in painting and carving
(3) Sharing tips for creating art out of the ordinary
(4) A feast for the eyes

Table of Contents:
Carved Flowers. Assembled Flowers. Appliqué Flowers. Melon Pots and Melon Lanterns. Fruit and Vegetable Sculptures. Imitations of Antiques. Jelly Sculptures. Butter Sculptures. Bean Curd Sculptures. Flour Dough Sculptures. Foam Sculptures.