garnished

It is not uncommon to puree this soup, but generally each bowl would then be garnished with a whole oyster or two and some chunkier bits of artichoke.

At Jordan Kahn’s all-day cafe in the Hayden Tract neighborhood of Culver City, the strawberry French toast comes with a bowl of whipped crème fraîche surrounded by a perfect circle of sliced strawberries garnished with candied hibiscus.

“I find it hard to come up with an adequate analogy, but imagine the plain, contemporary style of Raymond Carver being garnished with the elaborate diction of Charles Dickens,” he wrote.

The rice is beautifully colored by the cherries, with a touch of saffron for a golden hue and garnished with slivered pistachios.

For dessert, I enjoy serving Sholeh Zard, a saffron and rosewater-infused rice pudding garnished with slivered nuts.