butter my nut baby

August 18, 2009 8:07 PM

Amateur porn. For food. Good sites?

I'd like a site that features photos of every recipe submitted, and is preferrably on real food/whole food/ non-processed stuffs. I've done many things, so don't need the basics (i.e., I've studied the relevance of nut butters to a variety of cuisines; I did one year (200 lbs) of hand-made cheeses; I can do almost anything in the fantabulous "breadbakers apprentice" book). I'd like to correspond with and share photos with others regarding interesing cooking.

posted by yesster to food & drink (21 comments total)

Tastespotting.
posted by Weng at 8:11 PM on August 18 [2 favorites]

Food Gawker
posted by Jaltcoh at 8:14 PM on August 18 [1 favorite]

VeganYumYum
posted by Salvor Hardin at 8:19 PM on August 18

Yes and yes on tastespotting and foodgawker - but notice an overlap?

Thank you thank you.

Still checking veganyumyum.
posted by yesster at 8:39 PM on August 18

Yes to that too. Must try harder on the photog side . . .
posted by yesster at 8:40 PM on August 18

Smitten Kitchen
posted by martens at 8:46 PM on August 18 [4 favorites]

101 cookbooks! Yummy and pretty.
posted by librarina at 8:50 PM on August 18 [1 favorite]

I heart metafilter.

And all you damned porn addicts!

Attributions? Any of you submit to these sites?
posted by yesster at 8:51 PM on August 18

Metafilter's Own Amateur Gourmet is awesome, as are Simply Recipes and Chocolate and Zucchini.
posted by lunasol at 9:02 PM on August 18

SeriousEats has an off-shoot for food porn called PhotoGrazing, just click through for the recipe.

something from my Flickr?
posted by geekyguy at 9:04 PM on August 18

Look and Taste does video recipes.
posted by DarlingBri at 9:07 PM on August 18

Not all of the entries feature recipes, but you can't get more food porn-y than FXcuisine. This wonderful blog features photos of delicious foods and lavish food experiences. I adore it!
posted by ElectricBlue at 9:49 PM on August 18

Not a recipe site, but ieatishootipost has many captivating pictures of Singapore street food (and occasionally restaurant stuff as well) that might be interesting to you in an exotic kind of way. You can find actual recipes of the food that was photographed elsewhere on the web too.
posted by destrius at 11:21 PM on August 18

In Mol Araan is quirky wonderful, and bilinguial in Yiddish as well.

Apple Pie, Patis and Pate is run by someone who can do everything from a long autolyse pain ancienne baguette to Filipino lechon.

Both sites have nice photos.
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 12:04 AM on August 19

I occasionally post on both Tastespotting and Foodgawker (I post under voodookitchen - and yes, there's a distinct overlap sometimes between the two), but you might also like Food & Fizz, and FoodBuzz, which are similar but not quite so flash. For booze porn, you can't go past Liqurious.

For Thai Food Porn, I recommend a blog called Real Thai (his photo blog is also worth a good look) but it's a little light on recipes. For Asian recipes I suggest Rasa Malaysia which is an absolute treasure trove of info. For Japanese food you might like Kyoto Foodie and for Bento Box porn you can't go past Anna The Red.
posted by ninazer0 at 12:15 AM on August 19

Aran Goyoaga of Cannelle et Vanille is a food stylist/photographer who posts gorgeous pictures -- mostly of pastries, fruit and ice creams/custards. I suggest browsing the recipe index.
posted by the littlest brussels sprout at 3:29 AM on August 19

FXCuisine has some of the finest photography but he has been slowing down on new posts lately.
posted by caddis at 4:58 AM on August 19

Rouxbe.com isn't bad, and they show video preparation as well.
posted by jmmpangaea at 6:20 AM on August 19

There's Food Porn Daily which has amazing daily photos and its subsite, Recipes which also has amazing pictures.
posted by empyrean at 7:59 AM on August 19

My favorite is a blog by a former personal chef, Hungry Cravings. She includes nice photos of whatever product she is using, the recipe and finished products.
posted by Librarygeek at 1:21 PM on August 19

My friend Jen is a must-follow:

Last Night's Dinner (WordPress blog)

Jenblossom (her Flickr photostream)
posted by tapesonthefloor at 1:37 PM on August 19