Friday, February 11, 2011

G-Rated Porn: Food, Not Boobs, Takes Centerstage on FoodPornDaily.com

It's every hungry college girl's dream and nightmare.

Foodporndaily.com is exactly what it sounds like. A photo blog updated daily of tantalizing pictures of dishes, ranging from chocolate and cinammon rugelach to lamb loins stuffed with sausage, peppers and spinach. Today it could be hangar steak on lightly toast bread. Tomorrow it could be sweet panang beef curry.

Has your mouth started to water yet?

Every high resolution snapshot has a watermark description listing exactly what is in the dish, dessert or drink on display. And if looking isn't enough, the FoodPornDaily Cookbook lists the recipes, so foodies can try the dishes for themselves. This is truly food for the heart, eyes and stomach.

I can't lie--I am a picky eater. I like my tomatoes from my dad's garden, my juice with pulp, and my fruit tarts lined with milk chocolate so the shortbread crust doesn't get too soggy. Needless to say, transitioning from all the yummy home-cooked meals and overpriced frozen yogurt that I had at home to mass-produced college food has not been easy.

Dinnertime at Smith comes a little early, with most dining halls open from 5:30 to 7. My house president promised that my first-year belly would adjust to college mealtimes, but I have yet to get to that point. To work up an appetite, I make a point to go to the gym before heading to dinner, but the winter slump has struck. My California-spoiled bones have a hard time stepping out in the freezing temperatures. Not to mention, keeping up with New Year's resolutions is over, so I make it to the gym about 4 days a week.

Enter FoodPornDaily.com. On days I don't have an appetite and don't have the urge to step out in 20 degree weather to go to gym, but have to eat, I pull up my beloved FoodPornDaily.com and click through the photos. I swear it works. Only a few minutes of browsing, and I am hungry. The colors and the descriptions are equally beautiful and exciting. It's the ultimate way to trick your belly into eating dining hall food.

I encourage everyone to check it out, whether you're trying to force down college food or simply enjoy looking at delicious masterpieces. It's the only porn you'll ever admit to looking at.

4 comments:

  1. AHAHAHAHA. This is really funny, I have a horrible feeling that I'm going to be addicted to this. . .

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  2. I love food porn! I'm so glad you wrote about this because it is one of my favorite procrastination techniques.

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  3. I just added this to my daily feed reader, based on the photo of "ginger pork dumplings with sesame and soy dipping sauce." Can't wait to make that...

    This blog reminds me of another I love, bookshelfporn.com, which just shows pictures of people's bookshelves. Somehow that just relaxes me.

    I wonder, though, about this new usage of "porn" to mean hedonistic enjoyment of any old thing. I suppose that's just part of porn itself going mainstream via the web, but it's an interesting cultural trend.

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