The textbook for the first time summarizes the rich practical experience accumulated in this type of art, provides a systematization of carving products and compositions, describes the basics of the technology of carving them, gives recommendations on the use of various vegetables and fruits for carving and the preservation of carving compositions, provides rich illustrative material. Carving classes not only allow you to create beautiful decorative compositions of vegetables and fruits, but also contribute to the development of artistic taste, manual skill, instill useful labor skills.