Food Porn or Romance?

I’m an avid reader of Slashfood and am highly amused by their food porn category. DH and I are suckers for any Gordon Ramsay show on tv (Kitchen Nightmares, Hell’s Kitchen or The F-Word). I used to watch a lot of the Food Network back when they were promoting how to cook food instead of just trendy lifestyles. I also skim a variety of other food blogs out there. Bloglines is amazing at pulling everything together in one list for you.

I know my way around the home kitchen, but that’s part of the thrill of watching Ramsey preside over his own little corner of hell. I know I could never hack it there. The pressure is too much for me. Just looking at a well-plated meal can be like looking at a piece of art.

I think that’s why the story idea for the conflict between a food blogger/critic and a chef/restauranteur piqued my interest. The trick will be making it FEEL like you’re looking at Slashfood’s variety of food porn. It’s all in the details.

Before I had to go off an do boring household chores like grocery shopping, I managed to get about 750 words down at the beginning of the story. Before bed last night, I managed to further outline what I wanted to try to accomplish with the story. Unfortunately, I have a lot of non-writing tasks I must finish today before I can go back to playing with food.

Have you ever written about characters with whom you share a hobby or interest? What was the one you’d most like to attempt but have never gotten around to trying?