Debbie Does Salad

Summary:

“Debbie does Salad” suggests that sex porn and gastroporn are extremely similar. Both forms of entertainment cater to basic human needs (sexual desire and hunger respectively). To quote Bob Tuschman, TV producers create a “sensual lush world, begging you to be drawn into it” (57). Although we want to be part of that world, our attempts to replicate what we see on screen or in print rarely match up given the great detail (ie. lighting, buffing etc.) and many hands involved in production.

Outside Example:

One example I thought of while reading the article are Pinteresters’ attempts to recreate cakes seen on the website. Although delicious, these attempts tend to go horribly wrong as seen below.

Connection to Reading:

As mentioned in the reading, recreating what we see on TV or printed in recipe books is an almost impossible endeavor. Although replicating this monkey cake may seem an easy feat, the cake only looks the way it does due careful planning and execution. The picture is likely edited while the lighting, the positioning of the cake and the setting of the scene (ie. the color scheme, bowl of maltesers, candles) were specifically chosen to make the cake “pop”. With this intense organization in mind, it’s no wonder the average Pinterester falls short of the mark.