Riveria chef makes delicate art on plates

Dabs of bright green parsley foam represent moss. A landscape takes shape with carefully placed mushrooms. The white sauce signifies the first snowfall of the year.

Watching chef Mauro Colagreco putting A Walk in the Forest together on an elegant plate, it's easy to close your eyes and imagine a classical painter at work. So it's no surprise to learn that the artistic chef really does paint in his free time.

Not that he has much time to spare.