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At Quince, San Francisco's highly regarded and Michelin triple-starred restaurant, $220 buys you a stunning fixed-price supper including caviar, cold-water lobster, venison and "A Dog in Search of Gold."
The latter dish, crispy white truffle croquettes, is served atop an iPad. The screen runs video of a dog hunting for truffles in a forest.
"Living in San Francisco for over 20 years, I have witnessed the tech boom and I wanted to combine a little bit of gastronomy with technology and a little bit of education," said Quince chef Michael Tusk. "The idea was simply about taking the guest on a voyage to being out truffle hunting and then having a moment when the truffle is dug from the ground."
[...] The food sits on a screen atop the iPad, and the screen is sterilized after every use, he said. "The food does not directly sit on top of the iPad," he said.
The protective screen allows them to hand out silverware instead of plastic forks.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by AthanasiusKircher on Monday January 02 2017, @04:29PM
In general food seems enhanced by hot naked 25 year old women. I'm kinda surprised waitresses and bartenderesses and baristas wear any clothing at all
I know you're (probably) somewhat joking, but it should be noted that clothing (like makeup) is about enhancing and covering up flaws. It's also frequently about "teasing." If women walked around bare-breasted in Western society on a regular basis, breasts would probably be a lot less fetishized than they are. Instead, you invent clothing that shows "cleavage" with plunging necklines, and it makes people around just want to see more.
While men's tastes may vary from person to person, there are probably only a tiny percentage of women whose nude uncovered bodies would be considered "perfect" by a given man. But clothing strategically can emphasize assets while covering up flaws (and holding all the "bits" in the right place), making a given person much more appealing to a wide variety of people. This isn't just true for women -- the traditional "formal" look for men in suits or evening wear tends to cover up unsightly hairy limbs and chests while having jackets that drape over and around a "beer belly" (the traditional cummerbund or vest serves as an additional layer to disguise these and hold them in place under the draping jacket), meanwhile expanding shoulders a bit to make one look more "buff." Old-style formal jackets with tails also could cover up extra weight on the butt or hips, or drape around it in a more flattering fashion.
Clothing is as much about concealing flaws (even minor ones) as it is about modesty when it comes to making someone look attractive.