“… And the rocket’s red glare the bombs bursting in air …”
Part of providing catering services is knowing how to do food presentation. Having done catering all around the Boulder and surrounding areas, people sometimes ask when it was that I first started honing my food presentation skills. This is how I recall my first experience in food presentation.
Since I was five years old, I have had two fascinations, one was food and the other was leaving India and going to live in the United States.
Back in 1961 when I was twelve years old, I was attending school at Loreto Convent, Sealdah Kolkata. Mother Superior Kevin, a Nun from Italy was coming to visit our school and our class the sixth grade was preparing to sing a song for her and serve her some food. It was decided that one student who had a soprano voice would do the main singing and then the others would join her in the chorus. The soprano would also decorate and serve the food plate to the special guest. Read the rest of this entry »
