Food Blogger Sins at the Ferry Building

Any food blogger will tell you that the secret to great post is gorgeous photography. Regardless of the power of our writing, we rely on our cameras to get our readers truly salivating. And when a bunch of food bloggers get together to break bread, the cameras are clicking long before any fork is picked up.

I committed a food blogger sin yesterday when visiting the Ferry Building in San Francisco, a true food mecca filled with mounds of beautiful produce, artisan hams, and beautiful cheeses, and I only took one picture. This single shot, of a simple pat of butter. But this wasn't any ordinary mound of butter. It was rich and silky, undoubtedly made from the milk of happy California cows, and topped with just a few grains of fleur de sel. I knew that I was in the presence of foodie greatness, people that were not afraid to top a glorious fat with a delicate salt, creating an unforgettable indulgence.

I had a pretty good excuse for not capturing shots of long line of eager customers waiting to purchase Cowgirl Creamery Cheeses, or the dazzling colors of the intensely flavorful Scream Sorbets, or the twisted shapes of the exotic mushrooms. I had three children in tow who had just flown cross-country to California after getting up at 4AM. They were in remarkably good shape and excited to sample the many treats of this food hall, including fighting me to finish that decadent butter. But they were not in such good shape that I could snap away to my heart's content.

So you'll have to be satisfied with these morning after pictures of the beautiful California strawberries a proud farmer offered to Juliette telling her, "Here! Taste what a real strawberry tastes like!" and of these melt-in-your-mouth macarons from the Miette Bakery. And you have my promise that when I return to the Ferry Building (soon I hope!) I'll whip out my camera instead of sinning again.