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OchreOchre

A person washing off some peaches

Rachel Soh

Cheeseburgers cooking on an outdoor griddle.

Aslin Castañeda

A person wearing a blue apron uses a black spatula to plate a healthy meal of salmon, asparagus, and avocado on a wooden kitchen counter.

Allegra D'Agostini

A pile of fresh, homemade tagliatelle pasta dusted with flour rests on a dark, rustic wooden surface.

Isaiah Jay

Grilled corn cobs with burn marks on the kernels and husks.

James Ransom

A metal baking pan contains a dozen muffins.

Spain

Man stirring a cheese sauce in a small bowl with melted butter, meat, and eggs resting on the counter beside it.

Constance Mariena

Italy

Person holding a piece of pink ravioli over a wooden table with more pink ravioli, a rolling pin, and a glass of white wine.

Chef cooking chicken wings uses tongs to put them in bowls

Zach St. Ward

Nashville

United States

Tennessee

A chef with a tattooed hand pours whole peeled tomatoes from a metal colander into a larger pot of sauce.

Jakob Wandel

A group of friends gathers around a white table to make fresh, homemade pasta from scratch.

Reed Schick

Knoxville

A woman wearing a green cardigan pours a creamy ingredient from a bowl into a blender to prepare a healthy smoothie in a modern kitchen.

To women and a girl making Christmas trees out of stacks of cookies.

Jovana Šurlan

Pecan nuts in a black pan with a spoon

Jonathan Elyea

Loaves of bread dough on trays.

A woman pours olive oil onto slices of bread in a frying pan on an induction stove while preparing a healthy breakfast at home.

Edward Jose

United Kingdom

England

shrimp and a couple different kinds of fish are cooking on an outdoor grill

Matt Robson

Colorado

A person in a brown jacket prepares food over a campfire grill, placing wood in a pan.

Sebastian Wolf

A person uses a blue folding knife to slice a block of pâté on a rustic wooden cutting board.

TRU COLLECTIVE

Sunlit kitchen table with bowls of fresh greens, flatbread, wine glasses, and herbs next to a window with flowers and jars.

Tani Nekrasova

Berlin

Germany

A woman in a spotted blouse preparing pastry.

Ana do Amaral

Los Angeles

California

A girl baking food in a kitchen pouring food from a bowl to another.

A person wearing a sweater uses tongs to stoke the large flames in a charcoal barbecue grill at night.

Stephen Gunn

London

A chef in a striped apron holds a platter with a freshly cooked meat dish in a professional restaurant kitchen.

Heather Willensky

Person is seasoning salads with salt, while slices of roasted pumpkin decorate the plates.

Assorted ingredients on a wooden board, including zucchini, carrots, chives, garlic, ginger, apple, onion, as well as grated shrimp, salt and red pepper.

Roman Fox

A cook wearing an apron and gloves diligently stirs a large vat of food with a paddle in a commercial kitchen under a stainless steel hood.

a chef is folding a dough preparing it for baking

Philippe Degroote

Palma

Balearic Islands

A person's hands use a small knife to slice a fresh red strawberry on a rustic wooden chopping board surrounded by other berries.

Three friends are smiling while cooking in a kitchen.

A person preparing puff pastry with apple filling and surrounding ingredients.

Chunks of grilled meat and diced onions sizzle in a cast iron skillet over an open flame on a barbecue grill beside glowing coals during an outdoor cookout.

Anne-Marie Mueschke

Grilled chicken breasts with barbecue marks and sauce coating, cooking on the grill.

A wooden spoon stirring beef in a frying pan.

Kathryn Ann Waller

Thailand

Chiang Mai

A person arranges fresh produce like ginger, tomatoes, and chili peppers in a woven basket while sitting on the grass.

Julien Jarry

Wyoming

A close-up of a cast iron skillet holding six sunny-side-up eggs seasoned with pepper, set against a blurred background of a green forest and snow-capped mountains.

A skillet scrambling eggs in a pan.

a person hasa tongs in their hand using them to mix sauce and noodles in a pan

Melissa Hager

A hand sprinkling flour on balls of dough on a counter

Laura Scherb

Chicago

Illinois

A smooth, thick cream with small black particles, probably vanilla.

Fadwa Ward

Person cutting Brussels sprouts on a wooden board.

A cook drizzles golden olive oil onto a freshly baked calzone that is served on a checkered paper with a side of tomato sauce.

A chef cooks meat and sliced vegetables on a grill in a restaurant.

Drew Somerville

A chef wearing a green shirt and an apron sharpens a long knife on a honing steel in a kitchen.

An overhead view of a variety of healthy prepped food ingredients, including fresh vegetables, eggs, chicken, and noodles, arranged on a white countertop.

Jack Munsch

Peeled oranges on a cutting board illuminated by the sun.

Shin Miura

Freshly made Chinese steamed buns are stacked high on metal racks in a commercial kitchen before being cooked.

Lauren Withrow

A hand stirs a liquid or semi-solid food substance in a pan or container.

Lily Glass

Columbus

Ohio

Over-the-shoulder view of a woman's hands carefully placing dried lemon slices on top of a frosted naked layer cake.

A person uses a fork and a spoon to mix minced raw meat with a sauce in a large bowl on a wooden table.

Justine Grajski

a woman is sitting at a table cutting dough

A smiling woman in a green cardigan happily prepares a healthy meal by chopping a fresh cucumber in her bright, modern kitchen.

Anna Letson

New York

Thin slices of raw fish are arranged in rows on a metal tray.

Igor Zacharov

Man putting a pizza on the oven in an indoor setting

GS & Co

Food cooking in an open fire oven

Several metal baking molds filled with dough balls placed on a baking tray.

A chef pours a dark liquid over fluffy, torn pancakes on a large metal pan, preparing to flambé the sweet dessert with a lighter.

Lee Morton

Pennsylvania

A happy woman playfully washes fresh blueberries in a colander under a running kitchen tap, with berries and water splashing in the air.

a group of snickerdoodles with jam and peanut butter on the,

A person pipes a green filling from a pastry bag onto fresh yellow pasta dough to make ravioli on a floured steel counter.

A wooden cutting board with a knife and some vegetables cut in half

Ryan Belk

James Island

South Carolina

A chef cooking hamburgers in a cast iron skillet.

A woman is standing in her kitchen baking and smiles as she stretches the bread dough

Several pieces of raw pork ribs are arranged in a metal pot on a white marble surface, accompanied by small bowls containing sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, and water, along with a set of measuring spoons.

A person mixing ingredients in a bowl.

A chef stretches the raw pizza dough topped with tomato sauce and shredded cheese on a wooden pizza peel.

Sara and Phil

A cheerful young woman laughs while chopping fresh vegetables on a wooden board in a sunlit kitchen.

Cedric Terrell

A military man in a camouflage uniform and a woman stand together in a kitchen, chopping fresh vegetables on a wooden cutting board.

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