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James Ransom

15 bagels on a tray, arranged in three rows and five columns, with sesame, poppy, and cheese toppings.

Heather Willensky

Person pouring olive oil onto a plate with flaxseed, protein and vegetables.

Philippe Degroote

Palma

Spain

Balearic Islands

A dramatic flambé sends large, intense flames erupting from a cooking pan on a commercial gas stove.

Laura Scherb

United States

Wisconsin

tomatos in a pile

Simon Hird

Morocco

A man preparing Moroccan street food at night

Lizzy Rollins

Charleston

South Carolina

A baker carefully pulls a tray of freshly frosted pastries from a tall cooling rack in a professional bakery.

Numerous portions of raw bread dough are proofing in neat rows on a wooden surface in a bakery.

TRU COLLECTIVE

A back view image of a female chef baking some cookies

Jakob Wandel

Nashville

Tennessee

Two men carefully sear a large piece of meat over the intense flames of a charcoal barbecue grill.

A person mixing a green drink in a white bowl.

Round barbecue with a closed lid is positioned on grass next to a small table with sausages ready to grill.

Daniel Ro

A person has their back turned and is stirring a large pan in a kitchen

Oakland

California

A chef searing salmon sushi with a kitchen torch.

Gregory Tauziac

Paris

France

Île-de-France

A collection of fresh red bell peppers with bright green stems are gathered in a metal baking tray.

Hand drizzles olive oil over four raw salmon fillets arranged on a metal baking sheet.

Dominic Episcopo

Three packages of cubed beef labeled with the letters "OMG" are surrounded by tomatoes, bread, apples, and onions.

Freshly brewed pour-over coffee blooms in a white ceramic dripper set atop a glass server on a digital kitchen scale.

Two women stand around a table making fresh gnocchi pasta together using wooden ridged boards.

Annika Kafcaloudis

Sliced plums sitting in a cooking pot

New York

A chef carefully arranges small appetizers on a wire rack over a baking sheet in a bustling professional kitchen.

Cooked white rice is being poured from a strainer into a dark pot, with a wooden spoon resting nearby for serving.

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