Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Almost the best food picture ever



Last week, I posted that great naked chicken picture from The New York Times. So how do I follow that act? Meet Ellie Mae.

I'll be on the road for the next week and half, first at the Association of Food Journalists conference in Charleston, then on vacation in Charlotte and New York. I'll be sort of in touch and generally checking e-mail. And I'll be active on Twitter, @kathleenpurvis.

Before I left, I wanted to leave you with something. So I'm leaving you with Ellie Mae. When photographer and photo editor Wendy Yang was shooting the pictures for Wednesday's story on bologna, she took a stack of mortadella home to work on it. She was shooting a detail when Ellie Mae got into the act. Yang actually has three dogs, but only Ellie managed to reach the food.

No, we couldn't run that picture in the Food section -- some people get all squeamish about the idea of food and dogs. But it was such a cute shot, I couldn't resist sharing it for dog lovers everywhere.

See you soon, and remember: Ellie Mae says, "Wag more. Bark less."

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is this supposed to be erotic?!?
You are SICK!!!

Anonymous said...

something every dog owner has experienced once~ :) one time we had 16 guests over for thanksgiving and during the prayer we heard a crash and our dog was standing in the middle of the table eating the rolls as fast as she could, classic beagle

Anonymous said...

That is gross!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Dogs Rule!

Anonymous said...

It's neither erotic, sick, or even interesting. I'm not sure why this photo and article was even posted.

Anonymous said...

I agree with the headline, almost the best food picture ever.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous, if you find this erotic, that is your own situation, not anyone elses.

Love it! That is so cute, because all our four-legged-children love to get in the game. Love the beagle story as well!

Anonymous said...

I like my dogg too much to let him eat bologna.

Anonymous said...

That is a terrific picture. So tentative here, but I bet half of that mortadella would be gone in the next frame!

Anonymous said...

I understand the humor with suggestive photos of naked chickens but when do we go from funny to beastiality?

WhoaWhelan said...

Ellie Mae is my dog's sister! She's the sweetest thing! Wendy took some great shots at their 1st birthday that I absolutely love. Thanks for showing them off!