Culinary gold leaf is a particular cut of gold, in the form of a leaf, contained in special booklets and used in particular for the decoration of homogeneous food surfaces. Culinary gold leaf can be combined with different ingredients, both sweet and salty, and can be placed on the top of a dish as an ornamental complement to the recipe. It is good to remember culinary gold does not have any particular properties and that it is intended for decorative use only