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by **Zohar** » Thu May 21, 2009 5:56 am UTC

Yes it does. I used it for my breakfast pictures above. It kind of does the trick, I suppose.

by **poxic** » Thu May 21, 2009 6:12 am UTC

The rest is up to the quality of the camera, then. Some are designed to do macro well. Some aren't. :wink:

by **podbaydoor** » Sat May 23, 2009 4:29 am UTC

by **Gentlelady** » Sat May 23, 2009 6:28 am UTC

Pod that looks amazing. I love coffee.

by **Nath** » Sat May 23, 2009 10:29 am UTC

Ooh. I'd rather skip the milk, though:

by **Chfan** » Sat May 23, 2009 2:19 pm UTC

I could just lose myself in those swirls. Woooooooooo...

by **Chobbes** » Sun May 24, 2009 5:08 am UTC

This doesn't feel like a porn thread at all! You guys need to step up your game and post more pics!

I'm too lazy to go searching for food porn myself...

by **podbaydoor** » Sun May 24, 2009 7:00 am UTC

http://stilllifewith.com/
For meat lovers:

For avocado lovers:

For fish lovers:

by **Gentlelady** » Sun May 24, 2009 9:54 am UTC

by **monkandmovies13** » Sun May 24, 2009 2:45 pm UTC

I made these!

Poached egg wrapped in a spinach crepe, over a goat cheese and arugula salad with a mustard vinaigrette:

Zucchini, caramelized onion, and tomato galette...

Served with pan roasted, herb cherry tomatoes and some amazing Balthazar bread:

Sorry the quality is crap

by **Zohar** » Sun May 24, 2009 2:51 pm UTC

All of these look awesome!

by **podbaydoor** » Mon May 25, 2009 3:40 pm UTC

An intro to food photography (some really good, simple tips for making your food shots look truly pr0n-worthy)
http://digital-photography-school.com/f ... troduction

Spoiler:

by **podbaydoor** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:08 pm UTC

http://www.tngfoodphotography.com/default.asp

by **Bakemaster** » Fri May 29, 2009 3:20 am UTC

I am on a bit of a rhubarb kick. Here's this past Sunday's rhubarb pie with whole-wheat crust:

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Tonight's meal, red snapper curry with brown basmati rice and rhubarb-apricot chutney:

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by **icenine** » Fri May 29, 2009 8:56 am UTC

What I was treated to at Starbucks yesterday:

: Dark mocha frap (Venti), veg quiche, blueberry muffin, banana muffin and caramel/chocolate muffin; Photo344.jpg (274.86 KiB) Viewed 2784 times

by **podbaydoor** » Fri May 29, 2009 8:47 pm UTC

Edit: Bakemaster, that's a lovely picture of the rhubarb pie. Nice touch with the napkin.

Strawberries with almond creme anglaise (stolen from the Minimalist)

Also from the NYTimes:

by **Bakemaster** » Fri May 29, 2009 10:02 pm UTC

Only one of those pictures is coming through. You might want to rehost them on tinypic, imageshack or photobucket. And thanks, but the picture-taking part of it is Sarah's job. ;)

by **clintonius** » Fri May 29, 2009 10:03 pm UTC

That's strange -- I see all of them just fine.

by **podbaydoor** » Sat May 30, 2009 3:00 am UTC

Either way, rehosted. Finally, a use for my heretofore defunct photobucket.

by **podbaydoor** » Sat May 30, 2009 10:03 pm UTC

by **SDIX** » Sun May 31, 2009 1:05 am UTC

mmmmmmmmmmmm dammit! Now Im hungry again and all I have is junk!

by **poxic** » Sun May 31, 2009 1:23 am UTC

*sob* I wish I could still eat hot and sour soup. *sob*

That said, I did just come up with a tasty (hypoallergenic) combo of things that is happy-making. Black olives, feta cubes, yam bits, spinach bits, broccoli and green onion bits, in fact just a whole lot of bits all mixed together, wrapped in a multigrain tortilla, nuked for a minute or two. Nom. Nomnomnomnomnom.

Hmm, I should try a pic of the bags-o-bits (well, individual-serving-size-containers-of-bits)...

Spoiler:

by **podbaydoor** » Sun May 31, 2009 2:37 pm UTC

*deletes salad pr0n pic off computer, because poxic's looks way better*

Okay, the last picture from this set.

Moving on to other blogs now! (I spent parts of yesterday plundering the depths of the web, so I have plenty more stored up to unleash on this thread. Like this one.)

by **podbaydoor** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:42 pm UTC

Microwaved (!) chocolate pudding from The Minimalist:

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Beginning a set from http://www.loumanna.com/ :

by **GhostWolfe** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:19 am UTC

I don't know what a pomegranate tastes like, but damn, that looks good. I wants one.

/angell

by **clintonius** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:47 am UTC

Y'know, I was pretty disappointed when I had my first (and only) pomegranate. My mumsy had a pomegranate-scented air freshener once, and I found the gustatory qualities of the actual fruit much less pleasing. Also they are a lot of work.

by **kellsbells** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:53 am UTC

That's strange to me. Pomegranates are almost my favorite fruit. They can be handled easily enough if you just open them up in some water, as the seeds sink to the bottom.

It's also quite marvelous as a tea flavor.

Pom pr0n:

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by **podbaydoor** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:13 am UTC

...hm. I see why Greek myths keep referring to the "jeweled" seeds of the pomegranate.

More from Lou Manna:

by **poxic** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:11 am UTC

I like pomegranates, though I'm probably allergic to the things now. It's a nice, berry-type of flavour, like a cross between eating watermelon and sweet cranberries, maybe. Whenever I've eaten one, I usually started out chewing the juice off of the seeds before spitting them out. After a while, I mostly reverted to swallowing the damn things. Sort of the same thing I'd go through with watermelon (to which I'm also now allergic :evil:

).

I wish I could try some of the pomegranate juice, and pomegranate-with-other-things juice, that I've started seeing around in the last few years. Can anyone tell me if it's as tasty as it should be?

by **Nath** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:02 am UTC

poxic wrote:I wish I could try some of the pomegranate juice, and pomegranate-with-other-things juice, that I've started seeing around in the last few years. Can anyone tell me if it's as tasty as it should be?

I remember trying a pomegranate-and-other-thing juice (I think it was pomegranate lemonade) a few months ago. I wasn't terribly impressed. I think the mechanics of eating a pomegranate are part of the appeal. Also, I find that a lot of bottled fruit juices are just not as flavorful as the corresponding fruit; this hits some fruits harder than others.

by **Rinsaikeru** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:13 am UTC

I find most straight pomegranate juice to be a little bitter. In conjunction with other juices or in iced tea--I find it quite pleasant. I do love pomegranates though.

by **kellsbells** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:35 am UTC

I'm very fond of pomegranate-blackberry tea and of the standard pomegranate juice that's been popular lately. It is a bit bitter and strong, though. Cranberry juice is the most accurate comparison I can make for it, which I also like but I know many people who don't. I suppose it's really a love-it-or-hate-it thing.

by **SDIX** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:10 pm UTC

looooooooove poms and grew up eating them. It is nice to buy one and share it with my bird-babies too.

I also find straight pom juice bitter, but have enjoyed a lot of the mixtures.

by **Bakemaster** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:00 pm UTC

I am a big fan of this juice, though it's a bit expensive and very sweet. Not really an every-day-with-breakfast juice, but a small cup is a fine refresher.

by **podbaydoor** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:31 pm UTC

Well, I love cranberry juice, so maybe whenever I encounter pomegranate juice I'll give it a game try.

More from Bittman's blog:
Beef tenderloin

Best lunch ever

Veggie pr0n

by **poxic** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 2:31 am UTC

Decided to try capturing the deliciousness that is Mario's pistachio ice cream. Unfortunately, it was too cold to scoop into nice little balls (and I don't have a ball-scooping-thing). I also didn't want very much, since this stuff sends my blood sugar on a rocket ride through Loop Land.

Nevertheless:

Spoiler:

The top four ingredients are milk, sugar, cream, pistachio puree. *arglebargleglee*

(For perspective, the dish is about an inch bigger in diameter than my palm-and-thumb. It's a wee thing.)

by **podbaydoor** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:34 pm UTC

Mouth-watering (literally, my mouth is salivating at the moment). Also the dish looks really cool.

by **poxic** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:40 pm UTC

I love that dish set. It's probably 50 years old. When I get home I'll check the bottom -- I think it's made by Ridgeway, the "Scenes of Early Canada" design. It's totally cool. It includes some unusual dish sizes, too, like that one (a small, bowl-like thing closer to what one would now use for soy sauce).

Wait, I got Google... *surfsurfsurf* Ah, Ridgway by Staffordshire, probably made in 1967 but using an older method of pattern transfer or some such. Here's a (probably not long-lasting) link to some pics of the set. It's neat stuff. (Thanks, Grandma. Hope Heaven is nice.

)

by **Moo** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:02 am UTC

I took pictures of some of the stuff we made last weekend (epic barbecue, savoury barbecue bread, various summer coolers, choc vanilla brownie sundae thing) - if only I had a friend who could upload all those pictures to some sort of global network of computers that allowed me to access them in digital form so I could show them to you all! HINT HINT, HINT HINT HINT.

by **podbaydoor** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:32 pm UTC

Sounds awesome, can't wait!

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