Arranging the Salad

Perhaps even more than with most other foods, the appearance and arrangement of a salad are essential to its quality. The colorful variety of salad ingredients gives the chef an opportunity to create miniature works of art on the salad plate.

Unfortunately, it is nearly as difficult to give rules for arranging salads as it is for painting pictures because the principles of composition, balance, and symmetry are the same for both arts. It is a skill you must develop an eye for, by experience and by studying good examples.