Ground rose petals make a pretty path next to the dill, and although they have little scent or flavor, the visual effect is more than appealing.
With its strict rules about flavor balance, visual harmony, seasonality and presentation, plus its lengthy apprenticeship and formidable language barrier, traditional Japanese cuisine has preserved its mystique among chefs and diners.
For visual flavor, a candle appears.
She uses animated sequences — but ones created by different animators, which keeps the film from being locked into a single style, lending each segment a different visual flavor and mood.
Still, of course, each city has its own flavor, and this "visual poem" captures Berlin's.
Campbell also throws in a touch of multimedia -- with some Photoshop "masterpieces" -- to add some visual flavor to his act.
The visual flavor metaphors were created by animator Michel Gagné inspired by the work of Oscar Fischinger and Norman McLaren.
But if one were to quibble, it'd be over aural details that so thorough a filmmaking team invested in period/regional visual flavor should have noticed and rectified: accents that suggest maybe Canada had a few moles in the CIA, and improvised dialogue that sounds 21st century ("That's insane!").
"You have the real visual flavors of India," he said.
But recently, floral concoctions and aromatic blossoms have moved out of the kitchen and behind the bar, where they are deployed as much for their delicate flavors as their visual appeal.
A shower of black sesame seeds, pickled ginger made by the chef and a pungent wasabi soy dip added other elements of color and flavor to a stunning visual presentation.
