Recent Lecture at the Getty about banquet management. LOADS of fun.

http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/events/art_of_food/index.html#albala

Salad Noodle Soup

This is literally lettuce, tomato, celery, carrot, red cabbage and cucumbers. Dehydrated. Mixed with 50 percent flour. Ground. Water added to make dough. Rolled out. Boiled. Rinsed in cold water and dressed in olive oil and vinegar, then with some homemade cold chicken stock poured over. And a grind of pepper. Tastes like a salad, but the texture in your mouth is clearly noodle soup. Not just beautiful but delicious.