While in grad school I worked at the New Bedford, MA Health Dep't as a sanitarian and restaurant inspector, enforcing health and safety regulations. It was perfectly permissible for cooks to touch the food with their bare hands, so long as they followed reasonable washing and sanitary procedures. There was no requirement to use tweezers.
I dont think it has anything to do with sanitation, only the delicacy and precision of assembling extravagantly elegant and fabulously expensive dishes.
Love this one. Totally in line with my passion photo project— Eating Alone. @eatingalonepix
While in grad school I worked at the New Bedford, MA Health Dep't as a sanitarian and restaurant inspector, enforcing health and safety regulations. It was perfectly permissible for cooks to touch the food with their bare hands, so long as they followed reasonable washing and sanitary procedures. There was no requirement to use tweezers.
I dont think it has anything to do with sanitation, only the delicacy and precision of assembling extravagantly elegant and fabulously expensive dishes.
That could be it, especially if one considers the dish to be a "work of art" rather than just something you like to eat.