Porn

Some people get all hot and bothered by dirty videos and magazines.

Something about flesh touching flesh and all that "Oooh, baby. Right there," talk.

I guess that works for some people.

For me? I get excited by food.

Food Porn, as I call it, is the next best thing to wrapping your mouth around a big, juicy burrito or licking a massive ice cream cone from Graeter's.

Garlic & Sapphires is one of my favorite examples of FP. Gourmet food editor Ruth Reichl uses the most tantalizing, decadent imagery to describe the food she enjoyed while working as an undercover food critic for the New York Times.

My mouth starts watering at the sight of some visual FP, too.

I mean, how can you not get jazzed about that phenomenal picture of creme brulee?

The berries are so vivid and hint at their secret, saucy flavors. The glistening, caramelized sugar on top is so delicate and yet hard and ready to be beaten into submission. And while it's shrouded in sweet goodness, you know the custard is soft and gentle and just waiting for your tongue.

Dessert isn't the only course that gets me going.

Sometimes there's nothing like a big, juicy piece of meat, right?

Pink, tender flesh and a hot side dish like mashed potatoes, or maybe a rich bed of lettuce and vegetables - God, I love great steak, even after that two year vegetarian streak in my teen years.

What can I say? I was curious.

God, I'm hungry.