Container for food preservation and presentation

Abstract

A container for food items includes a base and an insert. The base includes a bottom panel and a peripheral bead having an inner sidewall extending upward from a perimeter of the bottom panel and a top wall extending outward from the inner sidewall. The inner sidewall and the bottom panel enclose, laterally and from below, a liquid collection reservoir. A base peripheral engagement surface includes the top wall and extends about the collection reservoir. The insert includes a support panel having drain apertures therein, an insert sidewall extending upward from a periphery of the support panel, and a flange extending outward from an upper end of the insert sidewall. An insert peripheral engagement surface includes at least a portion of the flange and is releasably interlockable with the base peripheral engagement surface when the insert is assembled to the base with the support panel overlying the collection reservoir.