SUMMER FRUIT PLATTER

Steps:

• Give your fruit platter a makeover! Start with some crowd-pleasers like berries, pineapple and kiwi, then add a few exotic choices to the mix -- speckled dragon fruit, star fruit, macadamia nuts, edible flowers -- and arrange everything on the plate in free-flowing sections as we did here. To cut mango in this "hedgehog" pattern, slice off the sides lengthwise (going right next to the pit), then score a crosshatch pattern into the flesh without cutting into the skin. Lightly push on the skin side so the chunks pop out.