{"id":2484,"date":"2013-02-25T18:03:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T18:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mikegreener.com\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2013-02-25T18:03:08","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T18:03:08","slug":"first-you-must-eat-with-your-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikegreener.com\/2013\/02\/first-you-must-eat-with-your-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"First, You Must Eat with your Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>&#8220;Primeiro voc\u00ea deve comer com os olhos&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Years ago, I was out to dinner with my Brazilian friend, starving, fork in hand and about to dive into my just-delivered, fancy restaurant dish. Before I could take a bite, she interrupted me with a smile, put a hand on my forearm and repeated a Portuguese phrase. It&#8217;s translation\u2026 &#8220;First you must eat with your eyes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The concept of giving your body food was something, up until that point, that I had taken for granted and had given little thought to why my brain was attracted to whatever meal I was about to eat. Things looked and tasted good; simple as that. Now a more mature cook in my thirties, I&#8217;ve started to think about the psychology of food. Of the chefs I&#8217;ve met over the years and the books I&#8217;ve read about cooking, the consensus is that the better looking a dish, the better you expect it to taste. For the past week, I have been ruminating on this concept and her phrase as I&#8217;ve watched the morning sunshine creep through my kitchen windows and illuminate my countertops. Not being a seasoned food photographer, I was interested in the idea of what makes our food look so appealing and realized it&#8217;s not so different as to what makes a successful photograph. 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