A garnish is a substance used primarily as an embellishment or decoration to a prepared food or drink item. It may also give added or contrasting flavor, but that is not its primary purpose, in contrast to a condiment which is primarily a flavour added to another food item. A condiment is a substance applied to food, usually in the form of a sauce, powder, or spread, to enhance or improve the flavor. ...

A garnish makes food or drink items more appealing. They may, for example, enhance their color, such as when paprika is sprinkled on a salmon salad. They may give a color contrast, for example when parsley or chives are sprinkled on potatoes. They may make a cocktail seem more festive, such as when a celery stalk is placed in a Bloody Mary (cocktail), or a Mai Tai is garnished with all manners of tropical fruit. The paprikaplant is sexy ... The Chinook or King Salmon is the largest salmon in North America and can grow up to 58 long and 126 pounds. ... Species Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is a bright green, biennial herb that is very common in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking. ... Binomial name Allium schoenoprasum Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) are a member of the onion family (Alliaceae) grown for their leaves, which are used as an herb. ... Binomial name Solanum tuberosum L. The potato (plural form: potatoes) (Solanum tuberosum) is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, grown for its starchy tuber. ... A cocktail. ... Binomial name Apium graveolens L. Celery (Apium graveolens dulce) is a herbaceous biennial plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the coasts of western and northern Europe, most commonly in ditches and saltmarshes. ... Bloody Mary A Bloody Mary is a cocktail containing vodka, tomato juice, and usually other spices or flavorings such as Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, beef consomme or bouillon, horseradish, celery or celery salt, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and lemon juice. ... Mai Tai is an alcoholic beverage purportedly invented at the Trader Vic restaurant in Oakland, California in 1944. ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Catalonia. ...

A garnish may make food extra special, such as a maraschino cherry on top of ice cream. The use of this particular garnish has led to the common children's plea— "Pretty please, with a cherry on top!"— for extraordinary requests. Maraschino cherries are cherries that have been marinated in food colouring, sugar syrup, sometimes alcohol, and flavouring. ... Missing image Ice cream is often served on a stick Boxes of ice cream are often found in stores in a display freezer. ...

A garnish can also become a hackneyed cliché when it has lost its meaning, such as a sprig of parsley and a small spoonful of coleslaw in a paper cup served beside all sandwiches at a diner. Coleslaw (or Cole Slaw) is a salad consisting primarily and minimally of shredded, raw, white cabbage, although it often also includes shredded carrots. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... US postage stamp, indicating the popularity of the diner. ...

A garnish may be so readily identified with a specific dish, that the food item may appear incomplete without it.

A food item which is served with garnish may be described as being garni.

Garnish can also be used to describe a situation where ones income is automatically given to a third party by a court order, usually in cases of Child Support In many countries, child support is the ongoing obligation for a periodic payment made by a non-custodial parent to a custodial parent, caregiver or guardian, for the care and support of children of a relationship or marriage that has broken down. ...

Garnish is also a term that can be used for accessories - such as jewelry and handbags - to embellish ones body with decorative touches.