This Week in Food Porn: Berries and Breakfast Buffets

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This Week in Food Porn: Berries and Breakfast Buffets

Wander with us through the best and most beguiling morsels to have graced the plains of Instagram this week.

This story originally appeared on MUNCHIES UK on August 14, 2016.

Never was the sun so bright before, no foaming of the milk so sweet, no beans so green beneath my feet, nor with such oil drops jewelled o'er. And thou art come at last, and half of this loveliness is thine.

So grab your thumbprint and wander with me through the best and most beguiling morsels to have graced the plains of Instagram this week.

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Olympic pizza recipe on the blog! Link to The Style Sisters blog is on my profile page! #olympicpizza #olympics2016 #pizza #olympicfood #olympicrings @elli_sonnn made it!

A photo posted by The Style Sisters (@thestylesisters) on Aug 7, 2016 at 10:33pm PDT

Now that figure skating, punching strangers in the face, horse wobbling, and petanque are Olympic sports, it can surely only be a matter of time until the noble art of speed eating becomes recognised as a competitive pastime dating back to the oil-slicked, naked days of Greco-Roman glory. And when it does I, my friends, will be cleaning up that gold.

ESTATE - "SUMMER PARADISE": cheesecake crudista vegan al mango, papaya, frutto della passione, gojiberry, cioccolato bianco, vaniglia e fiori. // SUMMER - "SUMMER PARADISE": raw veg cheesecake with mango, papaya, passion fruit, gojiberry, white chocolate, vanilla and flowers. Amituofo #raw #rawcake #vegan #rawfood #summer #veganfood #plantbased #superfood #rawmilano #senzaglutine #glutenfree #foodart #foodporn #foodblogger #healthy #healthyfood #cibocrudo #organic #picoftheday #rawfoodshare #mangiarsanoamilano #torta #cheesecake #cleanfood #red #positivevibes #cleaneating #rawfoodchef #mango #passion A photo posted by SHAOLIN STATE of HARMONY 少林歡喜地 (@shaolinrawvegan) on Aug 12, 2016 at 12:39am PDT

In the words of our generation's greatest milk-breasted poet, Katy Perry, I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, Dancing through the fire, 'Cause I am the champion, and you're gonna hear me cook raaaaaaw vegan puddings. Especially if they look like wedding hats covered in bacon bits.

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Don't forget to dip.@bookofeats #forkyeah

A photo posted by Thrillist (@thrillist) on Aug 11, 2016 at 6:36pm PDT

Slip a ring upon my finger and make me your salted rubber wife. If Ursula the witch isn't your go-to Disney bang then, I'm afraid, we have little more to say here. Except pass the dip. And stop trying to lick my knuckle.

Kavanoz Kahvaltı Tabağı - Kavanoz Pancakes & Biscuits / İstanbul ( Caferağa ) Hilton Double Tree Arkası Çalışma Saatleri 09:00-19:00 0 216 345 46 28 28TL / Kişi Başı 8 TL / Portakal Suyu7.5TL / Ev yapımı Alkolsüz Mekan Paket Servis YokMultinet, Ticket, Sodexo Yok Daha fazlası için Snapchat : yemekneredeynr takip edebilirsiniz… ▫ Sınırsız çay ve sınırsız sos ile birlikte, fotoğraftaki görsel 2 kişiliktir. A photo posted by Bugün Nereye Gidelim?® (@bugunnereyegidelim) on Aug 11, 2016 at 10:42pm PDT

OK, I could have accepted the uneasy bedfellows of whole tomato and a plain scone. I could have stepped back, live and let live when it came to the circular discs of cold, trembling meat. But you put a selection of Dairylea Triangles on my breakfast buffet and you are going to be lucky to live through until lunch.

#HoLeeFook-loadsa chillies Whelks for tonight's dinner with @thejowski late night table tomorrow night has a few seats for late night vibes, tickets on #TheGuestSeries .com in partnership with #PricelessLondon

A photo posted by Lyle's (@lyleslondon) on Aug 2, 2016 at 4:04am PDT

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Ah, the beauty of contrast. A salted bowl of fire and sea, as red as the earth and as hot as coal. Hold it up to your ear and perhaps you can hear the smell of burning.

A sink full of #wild #hackney cherry plums of all colours. Thanks @poacher2376 - can't wait to experiment with these #tastetherainbow #wildfood #plums A photo posted by Rosie Birkett (@rosiefoodie) on Aug 8, 2016 at 8:55am PDT

Let's be honest: "wild plums" sounds like the name of Kiefer Sutherland and Corey Haim's ill-considered hair metal band, formed after the promotional tour for The Lost Boys in 1988.

Tuna belly from the portuguese paradise of Azores, on the menu this weekend with gooseberries…

A photo posted by L.C. (@lc_climpson) on Jul 22, 2016 at 8:21am PDT

Bugger it, when it looks this beautiful, I would hang tuna belly from my Christmas tree. Or set it in a golden engagement ring. Or tie it in my hair like a ribbon.

Quiz time!I it's the second time in just a week that I post a picture of a version of this dish, and I posted a shot of it last year too. Just cant resist. It's so gorgeous, and tasty, and fantastic, it really is the ultimate proof that you can't improve much upon the natural perfection surrounding us. So now to the question. Who out there can name all the different berries on this plate? First one to get it right will on top of earning the title of most excellent berry expert also get to book a table for two @faviken before reservations are released on the 1st of September this year for the winter/spring season of 2017. This means that you will be pretty much guaranteed a table any day we are open for the first 6 months of the year without having to sit in front of the computer waiting at midnight on the 31st of August, clicking fast to get just the right date before we book out… #natureisawesome #sevendifferentberries #bothenglishandswedisnamesarefine! A photo posted by Magnus Nilsson (@magnusfaviken) on Aug 9, 2016 at 10:14am PDT

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Just occasionally, the world's most beautiful food also looks like the collection of scavenged sticks, leaves, berries, and nettles my sister and I would rip up from the recreation ground near our house and serve up to our deeply unhappy and resolutely unwilling parents as a "nature feast."

Grilled courgettes, toasted pine kernels, basil, ricotta. Details on guardian.co.uk and nigelslater.com summer short eats.

A photo posted by Nigel Slater (@nigelslater) on Aug 3, 2016 at 2:47am PDT

The Japanese language did not, for many years, have any distinction between blue and green. The word "ao" would simply refer to anything from vegetables, to grass, to the sky and sea, and you had to fill in the details using context. According to my friend Wicked Peter (Wikipedia) "educational materials distinguishing green and blue only came into use after World War II" but as a citation for that is needed, I think we can probably take it with a pinch of salt. Still, the word thing is true. And it's good to know that you could paint an ancient Japanese courgette blue and nobody would be able to dob you in.

Truffle Fries ,my Kaye's favorite #instapic #instafood #instamood #igdaily #igmanila #foodlove #foodlover #foodph #foodphotography #foodporn #foodgasm #diamondhotelph #trufflefries A photo posted by Candid Ann Ventura (@candidventura) on Aug 12, 2016 at 12:39am PDT

Remember that McCain advert? With the little Welsh girl? Trying to decide between daddy or chips? That girl was a bona fide idiot and a Freudian nightmare. Now, pass the salt.