Culinary Halloween celebrations can range from simple to elaborate. Here is a simple tip that can make food decorating easier. Just dust your dessert plates, desserts or even entree plates with sugar or spices by using a stencil of your favorite design. For example, a tiramisu can be cut into rounds and sprinkled with cinnamon with a Jack-o-lantern stencil. An entree plate can be sprinkled with pepper using a simple design such as a fork. Thanks to the marketing needs driven by the demand for colorful cocktails, multiple colors of sugar are available. Decorated dessert plates are simplified by dusting shapes into the designs and colored sugars serve the culinary artist’s palette and palate. You can even write your own mystery dinner story and incorporate the “dusted” clues into the food designs. Creativity enhances and dusting designs are as endless as your imagination. Have fun! © Kelly McBride Loft