Food Porn is a Hit

Food Network Fan · 11-13-2007, 01:31 PM

Food Porn is a Hit
New University Online, CA - Nov 12, 2007
By Jana Schreiber Food Network chefs are the new rock stars of cable television. They cook with charisma and instruct with gusto, but there is much more to ...

Chap · 11-13-2007, 07:55 PM

Great title. I imagine there would be much more hair in the food though.

Food Network Fan · 11-13-2007, 08:27 PM

Eww.

radiodugger · 11-13-2007, 10:02 PM

If I had tyo pick a FN Host who most reminds me of "porn" is Nigella. Now, before you shoot me, I LOVE that woman!

She is SOOO sensual, the teasing glances, the way she licks the spoon and looks at you (BOING-G-G! Oops, sorry). Her breathy way of speaking, the cute little British-isms...

Not a big porn fan, but THAT kind of porn...well...I EAT IT UP!

;-)

Radio Doug

Food Network Fan · 11-13-2007, 10:03 PM

Paula talks about the camera shots of the food being food porn too.

Lucy · 11-13-2007, 10:18 PM

This isn't the same thing, but I've always thought it was neat and this story reminded me.

Years ago, I was having a conversation with someone about subliminal messages and he told me that back in the 1970s, a TV dinner company (I think Hungry Man, maybe?) modeled the cover of shrimp dinner after a very famous Playboy pose of the 70s. (I think it actually depicted an orgy) After doing marketing research, they found that this certain tv dinner was very popular among men who admitted to recognizing this Playboy pose.

I really don't know how true this story is, but I've always found it neat and it's the type of trivia you throw out to make yourself sound smarter than you really are.

Food Network Fan · 11-13-2007, 10:40 PM

Sounds like it was a good marketing plan!