Porn

The last couple of food fotos I've put up have been pretty darn appealing, if'n I say so myself. 

Years ago, I remember reading The Art of Subliminal Seduction and for years I saw hoo-ha's and peniseses everywhere.  Then Art Culinaire came along and turned simple food into straight out, 4 day free trial, porn.  Now it's everywhere and I find it so damned annoying because people wonder why my food doesn't look like this:

First off, who wants a dish that must be served at exactly 3:49pm so the shadow falls just soooo. . . This is the work of a food stylist, my friends.  And probably photoshop.

In a lot of the photos I post, the sauce has ran, the sprig of whatever is wilting and you can see the ceiling lights reflected in the plate.

Food is painfully hard to photograph and that's why the stylists brush on karo syrup and use tweezers for each piece of rice.

Good food looks better in real life and I almost never see it captured by a camera.  Some food you just can't help.  Here's a photo from Mike's Famous Ham Place in Detroit.  Mike's ham sandwich is up against 24 others for best sandwich in Detroit and while it doesn't photograph as well as the Smoked Salmon Reuben at the Beverly Hills Grill, it's a work of art that satisfies on all levels that matter.

Of course, I prefer Lile's  . .

Go in Peace

Comments

[elfini]

Felix - I want that ham sandwich!

[Miss Lis]

I spoke with my mother easter sunday and she was making her ham...since then I have had an insatiable craving for a ham sandwich. I discovered however that in addition to being quite large, a ham is also v. expensive...deli slices weren't gonna cut it, I ended up settling for roasting a chicken breast on the bone and sandwiching with faux pesto mayo, not bad but not what I wanted...this is the sandwich I wanted.