Presentation is the Key

IN RECENT WEEKS Patrick has started an interesting pre-meal routine. While the rest of of dish-up our plates and begin to eat, Patrick carefully surveys the table in order to determine how he going to design his plate. I think France is rubbing off on him because he now wants to make sure his dinner plate gets high 'presentation' marks before he begins to eat. Here are a few of his creations:

Vegetable Medley
We've been eating a lot of corn on the cob lately.
Indian Curry (isn't the fresh grape juice a nice touch?)
Rice with Tuna, Cilantro, and Lemon
Swedish Rice with berries (a family tradition)
Umm...I think this can best be described as a slice of pizza with salad on top -- not one of his better efforts.

We have a nice system working right now: Julia helps a lot in the kitchen (she made most of the food in these photos) and Patrick puts together the presentation. I sense a brother-sister bistro in the works. Investors?

CJS