foodstylist

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A form of food stylist — A person who arranges food to make it appear attractive.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounfoodstylist (plural foodstylists)

plural foodstylists

  1. alternativeAlternative form of food stylist.

    Jill Van Cleave, author of Icing the Cake, is a celebrated chef and foodstylist and a member of the esteemed Les Dames d’Escoffier.

    1991, Jill Van Cleave, Big, Soft, Chewy Cookies, Chicago, Ill.: Contemporary Books, →ISBN, back cover
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    But if we are to become true foodstylists, we have to become sensitive to the patterns around us and adapt them to our presentation of food. […] But any cookbook can tell you how to make sauces. What the foodstylist wants to know is how to use them. How do you add sauce to a plate of food?

    1982, Molly Siple, Irene Sax, Foodstyle: The Art of Presenting Food Beautifully, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, pages 1 (Basic Principles) and 27 (Foodstyling)

    In 1981, the Richmond Culinary Guild was formed as a means of establishing communication between people connected in some way with food in Richmond. Members include foodwriters, caterers, cooking school teachers, photography foodstylists, restaurant owners, and many non-professional devote’s^([sic]) of the culinary arts.

    1990, Jan Carlton, “Culinary Guild”, in More Richmond Receipts: Past & Present, Norfolk, Va.: J & B Editions, →ISBN, “Meats, Poultry, Fish, and Seafood” section, page 152
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