SUBJECT: Food Trends

Oh, for the love of all that is delicious and sacred, can we *please* put a permanent moratorium on food trends designed purely for Instagram likes and absolutely zero for actual taste? I am utterly exasperated by the performative nonsense that has infiltrated the culinary world, turning simple, beautiful food into a bewildering spectacle of visual trickery.

Deconstructed dishes? No, thank you. I want a cohesive meal, not a culinary scavenger hunt across my plate with three dots of sauce, a rogue herb, and a crumb of something I can barely identify. It’s not genius; it’s an edible jigsaw puzzle you didn’t ask for, usually at twice the price! Just put the components together so my brain and my mouth can process them as a *single, delightful experience*, not a chemistry experiment.

And don't even get me started on the obsession with vibrant, unnatural colors, unnecessary smoke effects, and foams that add nothing but an unsettling texture to savory dishes. Food isn't a gallery exhibit; it's meant to be savored, shared, and enjoyed without feeling like you're participating in a performance art piece. The moment the primary goal of a dish becomes "how will this look in a perfectly lit, filtered photo?" instead of "how incredible will this taste?", we've lost the plot entirely.

Give me a perfectly cooked, unpretentious dish that bursts with flavor over a 'molecular gastronomy' monstrosity that looks great but delivers absolutely nothing on the palate. Stop making food complicated for the sake of being complicated! Just make it *good*! The best food doesn't need a filter or a smoke machine; it just needs to taste utterly phenomenal. Period.