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I'm typically too busy crying to stop and appreciate just how pretty an onion is. This amazing photo by The Barefoot Kitchen Witch makes the onion looks like a piece of crystal in a museum, the rings of a tree trunk, or a sky at sunset. Don't stop with this photo, though. To complete your onion appreciation class, be sure to view The Barefoot Kitchen Witch's other onion photos as well. Each is equally stunning and features different angles of this familiar food.

Next time I cut up an onion, I'm going to hold it under the light and take a closer look.

What does this onion look like to you? Have you stopped before to appreciate the onion's attractiveness?

We get our daily dose of food porn with Marisa's Food Porn Daily, but still I have to point out the photography of Rick Lee, a photographer out of Charleston, West Virginia. Rick has a blog where he showcases his photography, and because every Thursday is grocery night, there's an entire section dedicated to produce. When Rick goes, he takes incredible photos around the produce section, making basic things like corn and cabbage look positively sex-ay.

Who knew a picture of an onion could make you almost cry?

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A few days ago I told you about the 2008 Boston International Seafood Show that is going on from 2/24-26, 2008. I went down to the show yesterday and spent six hours tasting my way around the exhibits. I don't think I have ever eaten so much raw fish before in one day, no make that one month, as I did yesterday. If I don't see fish again for awhile it will suit me just fine, although I always have a hankering for shrimp, lobster, scallops, and clams.

Here's just a quick glimpse of the 2008 Boston International Seafood Show in twenty photos.

Google is known for providing their employees with lots of perks, including good food for lunch. The Google cafeteria is quite well known at this point, offering everything from childhood favorites to top quality gourmet entrees. It is safe to say that prepacked sandwiches on either stale or slightly mushy bread will never make their way into the mouths of Google employees during lunch time.

If you're curious as to what exactly the Google employees are eating on their breaks, take a look over at the Google Food Photo Blog, a collection of snapshots that chronicle the continually impressive eats at the tech company. Breakfast or dessert might be house-made yogurt and house-made granola, while lunch could be anything from Baby Bok Choi Sandwiches with mushrooms and a baby beet salad to kebabs and naan with mango lassi.

You might not want to check it out before your own lunch break, though, just in case you decide that suddenly your own lunch looks a lot less impressive.

[via growabrain]

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It's hard to tell how many calories something has just by looking at it. We already know what an ounce of nuts looks like - but what do servings of other common foods look like? Wisegeek took pictures of 200 calories portions of 71 common food items, including everything from staples like flour, cornmeal, oil and butter to muffins, ketchup, bacon, Powerbars and Tootsie Pops. They every carefully cut down the items that were more than 200 calories per piece to provide the most accurate visual example possible. Measurements are given in grams or milliliters, as well as calories. And as an additional bonus, every item was shot on the same plate, bowl or glass, so the size of each item can easily be compared to its neighboring items.

Now, calories aren't the only thing to take into consideration when planning your diet, but it is still nice to see that one glazed donut doesn't have quite as many calories as a bakery muffin or a bagel because it makes it that much easier to enjoy every once in a while.

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