I love food.
My friends love
food.
Sometimes, for no
reason at all, we’ll post a photo of food and pass it around in some mass
exercise of giddy fantasy. Food becomes a topic of conversation often, and not
just because I’m hawking my cookbooks.
I may get the ball
rolling by posting dinner plans, questions regarding ingredients for the next food column, or as a
response to the Twitter feed with
links to easy and awfully alluring recipes for weekend chefs and brown bagging.
My friends will be the
catalyst sometimes as they too post their dinner and dessert creations or
particularly good restaurant far. In fact, we’ve been known to even host Food
Porn Thursdays were we compulsively post deliriously tantalizing photographs to
see who faints first.
More than a few
times, one friend has mentioned that I need to be put in touch with another of
their friends and I’ll joke that we could form a food porn club.
It happened again
yesterday. It started because I decided to write a new food column about chicken
livers. I posted the question, “Chicken livers: love them, hate them, no
freaking way?” The ensuing conversation included favorite dishes and a mention
of folks that ought to be brought together just to discuss food.
It was time to take
the bull by the horns and I created Food Porn Aficionado.
I added people from my friends’ list and gave them the option to remain or go,
as they wish, but knowing that most would love a place to focus their passion
for food.
Are we foodies?
Gourmets? Some probably would answer to that. Some are home cooks. Some are
enthusiastic and adventurous eaters. Some use their oven as storage area and
have not boiled an egg in their lives.
What I really love
is that we have an international roster of members to start and the discussions
promise to be not only interesting but I am sure we are all likely to learn new
tricks and expand our horizons, making our palates the happy recipients of the
gift that truly keeps on giving.
It is an open group
and will remain so for as long as I can manage it. Everyone will be approved.
The only rule is to be civil to your fellow members and to enjoy the ride.
Our maiden voyage
included a recipe for a beet and feta salad, two beautiful desserts, and dinner
menus from both sides of the pond. Members identified their favorite cuisines
and this promises to help us all new and exciting items to our repertoire.
I love food porn. If
you do too, come join us!
