I've long been fascinated with food photography. I drool over food porn magazines monthly; I buy cookbooks and spend more time looking at the pictures than actually cooking from them. I've even been known to carry a camera to the farmers market in order to take macro shots of tomatoes and pluots and whatever else catches my eye. I've even stopped in the middle of making a sandwich to grab a few shots.
One area food photography I find particularly amusing is menus at chain restaurants. The burgers and salads always look so perfect and luxurious and are almost always a far cry from what eventually lands on your plate (or paper wrapper). Consumerist has a great comparison shot of Chili's Awesome Blossom. You'd think in an arena where consistency and standardization are paramount above almost everything else, they'd at least try to make the fantasy and reality a tiny bit closer together.
