Food Porn refers to photos that you love to look at, photos you drool over, ones you make one your desktop background at work. If you have ever stopped to take a photo of a wicked meal you are about to eat, or are half way done eating but don't want to forget, then you might know what I'm talking about.
A McDonald's burger Ad? I wouldn't call that good porn, because it's fake, just like implants and plastic surgery, that burger has had a fleet of folks working before and after the shoot trying to make that burger look hot, thick and delicious, even though it isn't.
I'm talking Real Food Porn, photos taken because the beauty just needed to be captured. The food looking so good you remember the taste so vividly that you salivate at first sight.
Ever tried hand made gnocchi tossed with roasted veggies and fresh pesto? Me neither but if I found a food pic of it you better believe I'm going to oooohhh and ahhh over that pic. I'll post it to my Facebook, others will "like" it, yeah ya do! It's Food Porn baby!
Done right Food Porn can be addictive, you find yourself in the cookbook section of the book store, drawn to the hardcovers because you know they have the most photos. The recipe is inconsequential ( I mean who reads the words next to photos of porn?)
If the food looks like your kinda grub, you flip passionately, fingering the glossy pages.
It's all about presentation. We love being brought a meal where the food has been placed so perfectly angels are singing, the first whiff, is that saffron? If you are slow to indulge and intuitive enough, you will feel your stomach ready it's self for the meal. Once your brain knows about the party, it starts the music sparking the digestive system to get ready to rock!
Food blogs are my porn. They bring me into other people's porn. Their dinner last night makes me excited.
I can't negate lighting though, never post a photo that looks like you lit the shot using the light from your microwave, you are not going to "have me at hello" with that sad plate of, what is it? Cabbage? Take pride with your food pics, anyone of them have the potential for greatness! That delicious bowl of Roasted chive soup with toasted pumpkin seeds may just be lunch in July, but on a cold December night I might end up starring at that photo, longingly, remembering faintly the fleeting delight of eating it's beautiful flavours.
Not everything needs a photo. Some things in life just need to be enjoyed in the moment, with your own eyes. Some things are most enjoyable because they are never to be seen again, embrace this, and know that its ok to eat things that look terrible. It is the flavour, the nutrition and the love that matters most. So take a photo of that $8 cupcake in the window, but enjoy your niece's smashed up gingerbread just the same.
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