Why do you take photos of food and blog about it?

Hello everyone!

It has been a while since I wrote in this section of my blog page.

Recently, my boyfriend sort of reminded me why I take photos of food and blog about it.

About 3 years ago or so, John asked me why I like to take photos of food all the time.

I told him, I want to remember what I ate. John laughed. Then I elaborated, that I want to remember all the good stuff I ate and maybe one day I would be able to cook some of these wonderful dishes.

I blog because I think knowledge and information about food should be shared. If you know a good bar or restaurant, why keep it a secret? If it's really that great, share it with the world! :D

There are people who are into pets, art and sports.

I'm into Food Porn!

According to Wiki, "Food porn is a glamourised spectacular visual presentation of cooking or eating in advertisements, infomercials, cooking shows or other visual media,[1] foods boasting a high fat and calorie content,[2]exotic dishes that arouse a desire to eat or the glorification of food as a substitute for sex.[3] Food porn often takes the form of food photography and styling that presents food provocatively, in a similar way to glamour photography or pornographic photography."

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_porn

I grew up in an era where being exposed to mass media and being constantly being bombarded by advertisements and commercials probably also influenced me to like food so much. But I hate it also. I am a visual person so if there is a photo that makes me salivate like Pavlov's dogs, I can be easily be influenced to eat Take-Out/Fast-Foods/Commercially prepared foods. But I'm trying to be more aware of what I consume and eat more healthily.

I'm currently in a health/weight loss competition so I'm not blogging often in regards to restaurants which saddens me a bit but I know this is for my own good in the long-term run.