TO SERVE Cut cured salmon and tuna fillets into 16 slices. Cut tuna carpaccio into 8 slices. Arrange cured slices along bottom edge of platter; ...

Mix the gelatin and water, stirring until the gelatin is completely dissolved. Place the milk in a saucepan and scald. Add the chocolate shavings ...

Temper chocolate according to manufacturer's instructions. Pour most onto marble slab; let cool. Place remaining melted chocolate in pastry bag with ...

Drain cherry juice; reserve. Drain cherries on paper toweling. Place small amount of chocolate cream in pastry bag; pipe into cherries. Reserve. ...

Dissolve gelatin in pan in bain marie. Place chocolate in top half of double boiler; melt. Remove from heat; add dissolved gelatin. Let cool. Whip ...

Preheat oven to 225 degrees. Heat cream until hot but not boiling. Add half the sugar and stir until sugar has dissolved. In separate saucepan, ...

TO SERVE Place dumpling on plate; spoon 1/2 oz. marinated lentil salad next to. Arrange 1 button mushroom, 1 asparagus tip and 1 bamboo shoot on ...

Warm the sake in a small saucepan. Turn off the heat, ignite the sake with a match and shake the pan gently until the flame dies. Pour the sake into ...

TO SERVE Two hours prior to service, coat platter with thin layer of fish aspic; let set. Place fish head cracker in upper right-hand quarter of ...

Roll each won ton sheet into cylinder; cut strips out of circle so dough resembles tentacles. Deep-fry in oil until crisp. Drain; reserve. Combine ...