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September 1, 2009

YUM! Six-layer RAINBOW CAKE - photos and recipe

Saw this on a blog devoted to baking and other good things called Whisk Kid. The blog is written by Kaitlin, a budding 18-year old Martha Stewart who lives somewhere in the Midwest.  The picture was so eye-popping that I just had to post it. (She might do her own photography too!)  The colored layers are white cake (from an altered coconut cake recipe - sans coconut) and is generously covered with Lemony Swiss Meringue Buttercream. No Cool Whip or Crisco here - just lots of real butter. You'll find more pictures of this yummy cake and the recipe too on the blog at THIS LINK.

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August 28, 2009

What's wrong with this picture? Why doesn't real fast food look as good as the ads?

My favorite scene in the 1993 Michael Douglas film Falling Down, about a life-worn, frustrated, unemployed man who goes postal, is when he enters a fast food restaurant (armed with a machine gun) and orders a Double Wammy Burger with Cheese. When Douglas notices his burger looks nothing like the plump, juicy, 3 inch thick Whammy Burger pictured on the menu, he says, "Look at this sorry, miserable, squashed thing... Can anyone tell me what's wrong with this picture?" And then he goes postal.

The scene rings true because most of the food served in fast food restaurants looks nothing like the beautiful food we see in advertisements. Woman's Day has a great article on line which follows up on this notion called Fast Food Revealed: Real vs. Ads and shows side-by-side comparasions.

Most of us have seen the heavily promoted ads for KFC's new Kentucky Grilled Chicken.  It might be tasty, but doesn't look anything like the chicken in the ad.  Where are the grill marks?

Realistically, I know they're selling a product and the real food will never look as good as the one doctored by the food stylists and photographers for the ads, but I think they can do a little better, don't you?

You can see the rest of the photos and read the article at this link.

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