When entertaining, it is often the presentation that lends an air of elegance, of expense of sophistication, not the actual ingredients. Take in point, one famous New York City Restaurant that offers $25 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Not, it isn’t some rare form of exotic jelly that is used, nor are the peanuts crushed by hand. It is simply the presentation of the sandwich that creates the sense that it is worth more than the cost of its separate ingredients. I have another example for you. Take your normal vegetable platter. You cut up celery and carrots into sticks, … Continue reading →