Frederick Kaufman, in his new piece in Harper's, "Debbie Does Salad", breaks down The Food Network and the concept of food porn. I haven't actually read the article (I'm going to get it asap) but his interview on "On the Media" is great. I totally feel out-ed. And all this time I thought I was watching it for the handy food ideas.
There's also a mention in AVN, because for research, Kaufman sat down and watched 7 hours of Food Network with Barbara Nitke, formerly a porn photographeress -- sorry, a photographer in the adult film industry.
To summarize:
Iron Chef = S&M (so obvious now)
Tyler Florence (Food 911)= “the pizza man”
Emeril Lagasse (“Oh yeah, babe!”) = apparently, old-school porn stud George Payne (see AVN article above)
Rachel Ray = the girl-next-door who won't say no
Giada De Laurentiis = self-explanatory
Alton Brown ("Good Eats") = Dr. Ruth
Update: I read the actual essay, and the interview is far superior. Great ideas, poor execution.
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