Fantastic Food Decorating

Apples carved into graceful swans, vegetables lovingly shaped into roses, and a watermelon scalloped and adorned with carved fleur de lis. For a special meal that looks as delicious as it tastes, take out the knives, scoops, slicers, and parer and transform the food into art. Instead of every day carrot curls, cut them into tiny hearts that blossom from watecress stems. Why put out a pat of butter, when you can mould it into wreaths and watering cans filled with flowers? Add ringlets of lemon to a fish dish or to the side of a glass. For a breathtaking centrepiece, form an ice mould embedded with flowers. And for the finale: a three-tiered cake that looks fresh from the garden with sugar lilies of the valley on the bottom, peach coloured hyacinths in the middle, and classic daisies gathered on the top.