Of course it would happen that I’m introducing my Friday series on the same day that the guys at Blackened Out introduced theirs! It was entirely unplanned and all too serendipitous. Just a disclaimer: my concept is a bit less PC than their Classic Combinations.
Anyway, this idea popped into my head as I drove home from work a few days ago. I was pondering the customary blogging “rules” and the fact that my uncontainable verbosity just doesn’t quite reconcile that well with the traditional blogging style that seems to be driven by abundant pictures. Gushing is allowed, but not in copious amounts that I like so much to employ. That led to a thought about how some of my favorite things to come across are BREATHTAKING, thought-provoking images of dishes. Thus, Food Porn Friday: your weekly dosage of visual stimulation, free of analysis, explication, and inhibition. May it tickle your imagination, brighten up the last day of your workweek, and hopefully inspire a meal or adventure for you this weekend!
It’s only fitting for me to kick it off with an Alinea dish, seeing as how infatuated I am with Grant Achatz’s ingenue and gastronomical experimentation. I present to you white asparagus in five ways, with a poached quail egg yolk at the end for good measure.
L-R: braised asparagus tip, chorizo, fines herbes, orange (the fruit, not the rind), black trumpet mushroom
[...] May 29, 2009 · No Comments Last week, I introduced my new weekly feature, Food Porn Friday. Read more about it here. [...]