"We eat first with our eyes."
~Apicius
This is a cookbook about creating and appreciating visually appealing food, offering a diverse variety of recipes. The recipes are mostly lighter fare, with a few riches thrown in for greater appeal. If you appreciate the natural beauty of food, then you will enjoy this book.
Though Mrs. Chin currently lives in Hawai'i, most of the recipes offered are not tropical—she has an appreciation for food and cuisines from around the world. She has sorted her many culinary pleasures by season, adding in a period that she likes to call 'Late Winter', which is past the holidays and is turning into Spring. What is often a period of gloominess for many, becomes a period of appreciation for the subtle beauty that comes with the offerings of a new season.