An example of ‘edible art’ is proof of what top chefs already know – a culinary masterpiece has to look the part as well as taste delicious. Psychologists found that a salad (left) tasted better when arranged to resemble Painting Number 201 (right) by the Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky
Forget fresh ingredients, expensive wine or quality spices, culinary masterpieces have to look the part to taste delicious.
It’s a concept that gourmet chefs have long exploited, and now scientists in Oxford have provided evidence to back up the claim.
In a recent study, psychologists found that a salad tastes better when arranged to resemble a work by the Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky.
So much so, that diners are willing to pay twice the price they would for a more rustic salad, thrown together with the same ingredients.
Franco-Columbian chef and one of the authors of the study, Charles Michel, designed the salad resembling the abstract artwork, Painting Number 201, to explore how the look of food affects how it tastes.
Ellie Zolfagharifard
Daily Mail
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