Steady Diet of Food Porn During Quarantine

Stuck at home, many of us are more glued than ever to our phones, swiping through endless feeds of social media to take our minds off of these uniformity times while staying connected to family and friends.

Quite a popular theme on Instagram for a long time is food porn ‒ those pretty pics and descriptions of dishes that make you drool with both hunger and envy ‒ is taking on more meaning than ever during the pandemic.

These posts advertise restaurants that are still open, highlighting food-delivery services, and providing inspiration for home cooks who finally now have time to emulate what’s on their screens.    

Anyway, buckle your seatbelts mother fuckers, this shite is about to get real.

Here are some of the food porn daily posts that we found impressive and mouth-watering:

 Homemade nigiri platter with fresh fish, sweet shrimp, salmon, and sea scallops over sushi rice. 

Khoa Soi” ‒ flat egg noodles, stewed chicken in a curry base broth with a little coconut milk and fish sauce. Garnished with pickled mustard greens, green onions, cilantro, chili oil, and crispy egg noodles. Paired with Thai vegetable egg rolls and mango sticky rice for dessert.

Phyllo-wrapped prawns, basil fettuccine with shrimp, chipotle chicken penne. Yum.

The novel coronavirus is a harsh reality upsetting our daily schedules and disrupting our way of living. Fashion designers — like the aesthetes they are — are self-isolating resorting to a newly-adopted ‘work from home’ model that has to be as pleasant as possible, so that they are still able to unleash their creativity during the quarantine. In their elegant city condos or country homes, some of them choose to cook, dine, and drink in perfect style.

Food porn is definitely hugely posted on Instagram. Yet you come to realize that the most sophisticated version of quarantine food comes from within the fashion industry insiders. They know a thing or two about a chic table setting, a luscious meal, an epic dessert, and generally yummy stylish cuisine. This is after all ‘quality of living’ which is hugely advocated by the so-called lifestyle fashion brands.

James Mischka is not only a successful eveningwear designer but also a great chef. The Badgley Mischka duo recently posted from home Keto egg bites.

Monique Lhuillier posted an amazing pink cake accompanied by drinks. The eveningwear designer notes that baking keeps at these hard moments the family together and happy.

Ippolita Rostagno served artichokes with lemon and Parmigiano in a wonderful painted ceramic dish. The jewelry designer is into healthy Italian food! 

A cuisine a day keeps the blues away!