The art and style of food

I used to wonder why my pictures of food resembled slop on a plate rather than the glorious confections pictured in magazines. Now I know.

Still, the real trick is simply that stylists take incredible care with the food. Shopping can take days. If shooting a packaged product, the stylist will prepare five or more packages and choose the prettiest. Tools are used, from long, sharp tweezers, to dentist's tools and an array of brushes to make
surfaces perfect and to position each element in the most flattering light.
These are not lengths I will ever go to when preparing dinner for my family. It would be psychotic and I cannot imagine a future when I might ever have that kind of time on my hands.