Food stylists are pretty amazing. I am consistently awed by their talent during photo shoots for our magazines. You wouldn't believe the transformations that take place. You know those “Before” and “After” shots of makeovers in women’s magazines? Styling food is a little like that. When a recipe is first made up in the kitchen, a Kitchen Technician takes a photo of it. It’...
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You know those little cookbook magazines you see at your grocery store's checkout counter? I work on those. If you've ever bought one--and I hope you have because I really need this job--you know they each contain about 42 recipes, each with a photo, and that the title of the magazine changes every month.Paging through them, you'd think the process of putting one together was a pretty straightforward deal: Think of a title, develop some recipes, photograph the food and print. Easy, peasy, right? Well, not exactly. To go through the process step by st...
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