Dehradun, June 28 -- Culinary Chronicles

The Art of the Graze: Why we've always Eaten with Our Eyes first

Walk into almost any party today and you'll instantly spot the food board. It's usually holding court right in the centre of the room, piled high with cured meats, sharp cheeses, seasonal fruits and a scattering of nuts and chocolates. Whether it's styled with geometric precision or overflowing with rustic, messy charm, it does exactly what it's meant to do. It makes people linger, chat and pick at food for hours.

We tend to think of this as a very modern, Instagram fueled trend. But using food as visual art isn't new at all. Long before "charcuterie" and "grazing tables" became buzzwords, humans understood the power of a spectacul...