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Why Loving Food Is Awesome

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I love food. I like trying different foods, I like going out to eat, I like having a good conversation over food, and I most definitely like taking pictures of my food.

Sorry not sorry that I'm the one that holds up the table from digging in because I need to get the perfect lighting and most aesthetically pleasing shots of my neatly arranged sushi. I have no shame in my game either. I'll do this in crowded restaurants or in the middle of the sidewalk. I like to look back on the pictures and remember how the food was presented to me (if it looked cool) just as much as I like to stuff my face with it.

I don't really do it for anyone but myself because, like I said, I just thoroughly enjoy food. Some people scoff at others that take pictures of their food to post on Instagram and people on Instagram hate to keep looking at 75 pictures of coffee decorated with hearts made out of cream. I have no problem looking at other people's food on social media (as long as it looks good). Come on, who doesn't love some good food porn every once in a while?

Also, if you're a foodie like me, you want to know where you can get that mouth-watering burger and read about if it was worth it or not. It's interesting for me to hear from other people what their food experiences are like. It gives me ideas and new places to try or things to put on my food bucket list.

However, as of late, I've stopped posting my glamorous food pics to Instagram and moved on to a new app that I think everyone who loves taking pictures of their food should have known about yesterday.

It's called Dysh and it was founded by Ashley King and launched earlier this year with a very big backing of four popular YouTube personalities — Grace Helbig, Mamrie Hart, Hannah Hart, and Ingrid Nilsen. This app is literally Instagram but solely for the purpose of sharing food pictures. It eliminates all the "shame" that is associated with people who like to let their food-picture-taking flag fly free.

How it works is you upload your food picture and naturally the next step is to pick out a filter (but of course you can always edit your pictures in other apps before uploading to Dysh). The next page after that is where it gets fun. You can add the location of the restaurant you were at, the name, of the dish, a little comment (300 characters or less) about the food, service, etc., and a rating (50-100) on how good or bad the food was overall. There's also an option to say if the food you got was salty, spicy, sweet, or healthy.

Even better, the more you post, comment, and like, the more you level up and when you reach certain point goals you earn Dysh Feeds to donate meals to the hungry. You can also track your progress and see how far you need to go to reach the next status. Currently, I am a Fledging Foodie at 187 points and I've already donated two meals. It really encourages people to actively participate within the app.

There's also things like fun hashtags that curate winners who's photos get to be featured in the app. Right now the hashtag is #LetsTacoBoutIt featuring the best tacos (and quesadillas) from users all around the world.

It's such an awesome app for all the food lovers out there that like to share what they love with others that like to do the same thing, and as an amazing bonus, you get to donate to a great cause. Dysh is available in the App Store and Google Play so go give it a whirl, and don't forget to follow me on there afterwards at the username brittbrittxo!

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