BSS | Breakfast Interrupted from Bruton Stroube Studios on Vimeo.

I could spend my day searching for sensual food films. On Tuesday I put in motion this splendid video Breakfast Interrupted from Bruton Stroube Studios. I’m convinced that this French/European appreciation of the sensuality of eating is a key reason why French, Italian and many other women in Europe have BMIs significantly lower than those of American women.

New research continues to threaten Biblical teachings about the behavior of people when they explore their own senses, making the experience of eating, lovemaking, gardening and many other sensual activities an important part of everyday life and not the work of the devil.

Responsible Pleasure vs Self-Denial

Watching this video Tuesday, it was impossible not to recall the Carnegie Mellon research suggesting that allowing ourselves to think about food pleasures doesn’t automatically trigger our impulses to eat more. When our senses become absorbed in the experience of appreciating beauty openly, we no longer need to ‘tame them’ with often unhealthy comfort food.

Of all the foods that come to mind, the French relationship with macaroons (macarons) has become a near art form.

Zergüt by the Edible Escape

Obsessed with food in slow motion after watching Breakfast Interrupted, I found an upcoming short film, the work of Alisa Lapidus and Natasha Subramaniam :

OFFICIAL ZERGUT TRAILER from Zergüt on Vimeo.

The synopsis reads:

“Within a refrigerator, a battle ensues as moldy, decaying foods forgotten in the depths of the back rise up against the fresh ingredients that reside in the front. These confrontations escalate, as foods morph, disintegrate, dance, explode, and become a textural, abstract display of color and form culminating in a grand finale sequence that results in their obliteration. Set to Sergei Prokofiev’s Opus 84, Dance of the Knights, from the ballet Romeo & Juliet, Zergüt merges cinema, gastronomy, and classical music through stop-motion animations and high-speed filmmaking, bringing alive a culinary universe in the vein of contemporary day Fantasia. Zergüt focuses on the unique, often overlooked beauty of everyday eatable delights.”

More about the making of the film Zergut

I won’t even utter the word food p*rn, which got me in great trouble with Google last year. In fact, I tried to launch an entire blog devoted to the subject, before the search penalties came crashing down on my pretty blond head.

Are men impacted similarly by shots of erotic food in motion, or is it primarily the decadent female mind that loves this kind of film photography. To be determined in time … Anne

Enjoy Monica Cook’s Erotic Food Art website