GUILTY AS CHARGED

I read this on Silversea's circulation of daily international news.

FRENCH CHEFS REBEL

From Paris : The next time you try to take a picture of your dinner in a posh French restaurant, do not be surprised if an angry chef comes storming out of his kitchen. Fed up with patrons snapping photographs with their smart phones to post on social networks, several Michelin-starred French establishments are trying to crack down on the so-called 'Food Porn'.              

Food bloogers, and even some chefs, defend the pictures as free publicity but for many the sharing has just gone too far. 'There is a time and a place for everything' said Alexander Gauthier, Chef at La Grenouillere in the northern town of La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil. 'We are trying to give our clients a break in their lives, and for that, you need to turn off your mobile' he said.

I am guilty as hell, I should be ashamed. I am totally obsessed with taking food pictures, not just the plate in front of me but others around the same table as well. It must be so disruptive if not down right annoying for everyone. What do I do with them afterwards, aside from posting a few on my blog? Nothing! They just consume MB storage space. It is time to change, and to cut the habit.     

You must agree with me that it is very hard to not want to capture simple food being creatively and beautifully presented though, right?