Container for food preservation and presentation

A container for food items, comprising:

• a) a base formed of plastic and including a reservoir bottom panel, and a reservoir sidewall, the reservoir sidewall extending about and upward from a perimeter of the reservoir bottom panel, the reservoir sidewall including a lower portion and an upper portion disposed laterally outward of the lower portion and connected to the lower portion by a generally horizontal step surface, at least the lower portion of the reservoir sidewall and the reservoir bottom panel enclosing, laterally and from below, a liquid collection reservoir, the base further including a base lower peripheral engagement surface extending about the liquid collection reservoir, wherein the base lower peripheral engagement surface comprises at least a portion of the reservoir sidewall;
• b) an insert formed of plastic and including a support panel, an insert lower sidewall extending upward from a periphery of the support panel, and an insert lower flange extending laterally outward from an upper end of the insert lower sidewall, the insert further including an insert lower peripheral engagement surface comprising at least a portion of the insert lower sidewall, wherein the insert lower peripheral engagement surface is releasably interlockable with the base lower peripheral engagement surface to assemble the insert to the base with the support panel overlying the liquid collection reservoir, the support panel having a plurality of drain apertures for draining liquid from above into the liquid collection reservoir;
• wherein, when the insert is assembled to the base, an outer surface of the insert lower sidewall bears against an inner surface of the reservoir upper sidewall and an underside surface of the periphery of the support panel beneath the insert lower sidewall bears against the step surface of the reservoir sidewall.