History Main / FoodPorn

** As Sunny later develops the ability to cook, food descriptions are frequent.The yummiest is the brunch at the beginning of book 12.

* ''Literature/ATreeGrowsInBrooklyn'': [[PluckyGirl Francie Nolan]] tries to write a novel about the [[WishFulfillment luxurious life a wealthy heiress]] named [[AuthorAvatar Sherry Nola]]. She's working on a passage about Sherry ordering up bunch of "simple" desserts (including strawberry shortcake, French chocolates, and a dozen charlotte russe) when she has to stop because her mouth is watering. Her teacher had reprimanded her before about writing stories about being poor and hungry, but she realizes she's writing about poverty and hunger here as well, only in a roundabout way.

* This is the main theme of Creator/ItaloCalvino's short story Under The Jaguar Sun. Set in Mexico, Calvino's describes the pleasure of eating as a substitute of sex, because is a shared sensorial experience, exemplified by the middle-aged couple the story focuses on. He also devotes a great deal of attention to the tradition and description of mexican cuisine, which involves some incredibly [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly sacred]] and [[IAmAHumanitarian dark]] origins. Nevertheless, you ''will'' crave mexican food after finishing it.

** The team once investigated a murder that traced back to an exclusive party dedicated to EroticEating, complete with obligatory chocolate-sauce-covered-model / strawberry-dipping scene.
** There was another case involving a sushi restaurant that employed beautiful women to serve as "tables"...clothed only in strategically placed seaweed.
-->'''Stella:''' Oh, that can't be sanitary.
-->'''Danny:''' Who cares if it's sanitary? I want to see the menu.

* ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'': Featured some Food Porn during the scene where steerage passenger Jack joined the first-class passengers for dinner as a reward for preventing Rose from almost falling off the boat.

* ''Steel Crow Saga'' by Paul Krueger uses it to illustrate cultural divides and the crossing of them, with quite a lot of CulturalPosturing from the characters on the superiority of their country's cuisine gradually turning into appreciation for others' cuisine. Special mention goes to the feast Jimuro has at [[spoiler:Steel Cicada's hideout]], as its the first time he's tasted his native foods in years, and the one [[spoiler:Roumei]] prepares for [[spoiler:Lee]] to demonstrate her appreciation of the latter's heritage.

* Most series by L. E. Modesitt, Jr., such as ''Literature/TheSagaOfRecluce'', will often delve into details about the meals being served and the accompanying drinks.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' delves into this trope with the Culinarian job quests. In the main story questline for ''Endwalker'', there is the heroes' visit to Old Sharlayan, a scholarly city-state whose RegionalSpecialty is the NondescriptNastyNutritious archon loaf. So unsavory is archon loaf that one restaurant was opened in Old Sharlayan, the Last Stand, ''specifically'' to provide people with more palatable cuisine. The large dinner spread that the heroes have curtesy of the Last Stand's cooks looks scrumptious, with foods including cookies, sandwiches, and even ''cheeseburgers and pizza''!