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James Ransom

Fresh spring onions being grilled over hot coals.

Gregory Tauziac

Paris

France

Île-de-France

Fresh ingredients, including a shredded carrot salad, pickled red onions, and various sauces, are prepped on a stainless steel kitchen counter.

Jakob Wandel

United States

Balls of raw bread dough proofing in cloth-lined wicker baskets on a wooden table in a professional bakery.

Mirae Campbell

A cute blond toddler shares a piece of food with their mother while sitting at a wooden table with a mixing bowl.

Allegra D'Agostini

Grated cheese being poured onto a plate of ravioli.

Variety of fresh tortellini-shaped pasta arranged neatly on a floured surface.

Adèle Mathieu

A freshly baked crumble pie cools on a wooden table while fresh strawberries are being prepared in a sieve.

Heather Willensky

A person squeezing a lemon wedge over a steaming skillet of cooking food.

Freddie Roach

Australia

A bunch of colorful rainbow carrots with green tops are rinsed with water in a stainless steel sink.

GS & Co

Hand squeezing a lemon and pouring the juice onto food being cooked on a charcoal grill

A spoon stirs a smooth, creamy, caramel-colored paste in a white bowl under warm, direct sunlight.

Julia Stotz

Los Angeles

California

A person stirs a homemade sauce in a green bowl, surrounded by fresh tropical ingredients like mango, coconut, avocado, and habanero peppers.

Two pieces of meat in a stainless steal tray next to lemon wedges.

Edward Jose

United Kingdom

England

Person seasons fish in a baking tray by pouring olive oil.

Philippe Degroote

Palma

Spain

Balearic Islands

A raw, double-yolk egg is cracked open on a dark surface, surrounded by its broken shell under dramatic lighting.

Sara Ghedina

A sunny side up fried egg with a crisp white and golden yolk rests in a well-seasoned cast iron skillet.

omar belattar

Close-up of a piece of raw meat with visible fat and fibers.

Ryan Belk

Charleston

South Carolina

A cook wearing black gloves and a red apron presses and flattens fresh pizza dough on a floured countertop.

Constance Mariena

Italy

Person using spoons to place ricotta filling on pink pasta dough on a flour-dusted wooden table.

Jonathan Meter

New York

Freshly cooked chicken wings are tossed in a spicy orange sauce inside a large metal mixing bowl.

Lizzy Rollins

A person lifts the lid from a black charcoal barbecue to check on a whole smoked turkey cooking on the grill.

Some fish ready for cooking

Dominic Episcopo

Ingredients for ramen laid out on a tray, including noodles, shredded meat, baby bok choy, marinated eggs, and sliced carrots, with a pot of broth on the side.

Daniel Chaney

A woman preparing and serving up food on a street corner.

Woman putting a tray of bagels into the oven

Aslin Castañeda

A person pipes an orange-colored filling onto a long sheet of green pasta dough on a floured wooden table.

Metal instrument moving in a dense, yellowish liquid

A high-contrast, close-up shot of a vintage spoon resting in a thick, creamy golden-brown paste.

Andi Wardrop

Tofino

Canada

British Columbia

A chef carefully cuts fresh tubular pasta by hand as it is extruded from a commercial machine with a bronze die.

Magali Polverino

Buenos Aires

Argentina

Woman works with flour while in the kitchen.

A chef prepares multiple chocolate pies on a large baking sheet

A gloved hand uses a wooden peel to remove a freshly baked pizza topped with sausage and onions from a commercial oven.

Hand holding a square-shaped piece of pink dough with other similar pieces and cooking ingredients in the background, in preparing a homemade dough.

Liam Morley

Scotland

A person outdoors cooking on a blue portable stove and stirring one of two pans with a wooden spoon.

ingredients are separated in bowls ready to be mixed together

Prawns grilled on a barbecue with flames.

Annika Kafcaloudis

Persons hand in a kitchen squeezing lemon over a pan filled with berries

five pieces of meat has been cooked together in a blue pan

OchreOchre

person standing at stove prepares beets and oranges

Man in a red shirt grilling meat using tongs over an open flame.

Two men prepare a meal together in a sunlit kitchen, standing at a counter by a large window with a view of a green yard.

Three vintage spoons hold a variety of vibrant spices, including a bright orange powder and coarse sea salt, arranged on a white background.

Greta Richmond

Melbourne

Victoria

A cluster of ripe red cherry tomatoes on the vine sits inside a grey stone mortar and pestle.

A woman kneads dough on a wood table with a recipe book next to her.

lady in blue shirt preparing meal inside the kitchen during the day

Lewis Gant

Crème brûlée being caramelized with a blowtorch.

Lee Morton

Detroit

Michigan

Man wearing apron and gloves grills meat on an outdoor grill with smoke visible all around.

ingredients are in square bowls ready to be mixed together

Nicolas Blum

Lyon

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

A raw pizza with tomato sauce, basil, and cheese on a wooden paddle.

An overhead shot of a person slicing a freshly baked, crusty loaf of sourdough bread on a wooden board.

A person carefully cuts a large block of fresh green pasta dough into noodles on a floured wooden table.

a person is wrapping up cheese on a cutting board that has cured meat and pasta on it

Rhubarb cooking in a large pot

A man uses his finger to wipe the chopped parsley off his knife onto the wooden cutting board

Lucrecia Quesada

Woman stands at table strewn with pear dessert and the ingredients used

a dough with some wholes in it

A vibrant still life composition on a yellow background features a bowl of peanuts, an onion, and a plate of aromatic spices.

A chef's hand uses a scraper to cut fresh green pasta as it is extruded from a professional pasta machine.

A person lifts the lid off a large pot of hearty stew simmering on an electric stove.

Ana do Amaral

A young girl with short dark hair laughs heartily while decorating colorful cookies with icing and sprinkles at a wooden table.

David Powers

Square pastry tray being brushed with yellow butter liquid.

a bowl of flour, a fork, and a carton of eggs is on a counter

A plate filled with pasta

Olivier Romano

Thailand

A street food vendor prepares fresh produce at an illuminated cart while sitting on a scooter at a bustling night market.

A hand pulls a burnt slice of toast with a sad face carved into it out of a white toaster.

Shin Miura

A chef carefully lifts a large, hot pan filled with freshly cooked pan-fried dumplings from the stove in a restaurant kitchen.

Close up of a person brushing butter on croissants over a metal tray

A person spreads a rich cinnamon filling over flattened dough on a floured wooden tray in preparation for baking.

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