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Samantha Adler

Person holding a large cutting board with long, fresh pasta noodles spanning its length.

Katelyn Perry

Morocco

A person pours golden oil from a plastic bottle into a large green bowl filled with black olives.

Constance Mariena

United States

Alaska

A marshmallow being roasted on a spit over an open fire at night.

Braden Dam

Coxvale

Canada

Ontario

a man cooking outdoors with a portable camping stove near a body of water in the evening

A woman in traditional embroidered clothing carefully tends to a crackling fire inside a rustic clay stove.

Adam Chaple-Triverio

Person lifts the lid of a stainless steel grill with rows of seasoned chicken drumsticks and racks of ribs cooking.

GS & Co

Uncooked sausage on a cutting board

Meat and zucchini cooking on a charcoal grill, with a hand holding tongs over the grill.

Matyas Paul

A chef is using a pizza cutter to slice a freshly baked pizza.

Sara and Phil

Los Angeles

California

A joyful woman laughs while looking at a recipe on a tablet as she prepares a meal with fresh vegetables in her kitchen.

A chef slices onion onto a pizza

Aslin Castañeda

A person's hand presses a round pasta cutter into a sheet of fresh green dough on a floured surface.

Lizzy Rollins

Lit stove with a small frying pan frying an egg while a person prepares vegetables on a cutting board in the background.

OchreOchre

Woman preparing a sweet dough in her Christmas-decorated kitchen.

Heather Willensky

three lamb ribs showing up

Adam Kola

London

United Kingdom

England

A man making some food in a kitchen

Jonathan Meter

New York

Cubes of butter melt into a bubbling orange sauce being prepared in a stainless steel pot.

Lucrecia Quesada

Chocolate chip cookies being placed into the oven

Jenny Zhou

A green cookie with dark chocolate chips on a black plate in contrast to a dark background.

A man in a kitchen, picking from a shelf of spice jars.

Dominic Episcopo

A raw lamb chop next to a sprig of mint on butcher paper

James Ransom

A person making dough

Two raw marbled beef cuts are arranged on a black grill pan, accompanied by a lemon half and a sharp kitchen knife, set on a textured dark background.

Nathan Cyprys

Minden Hills

A glass pan with a lid is boiling eggs on a white gas stove.

A steak is seen on a pan

Lee Morton

Pennsylvania

A happy woman with curly hair laughs while looking at her smartphone in a warmly lit kitchen with fresh salad ingredients on the counter.

Ryan Belk

Wadmalaw Island

South Carolina

A person wearing a striped shirt scrapes freshly made whipped cream from a large metal mixing bowl with a whisk.

Person wearing black gloves prepares a large fish on a cutting board.

A person putting frosting onto some food

Tanya Yatsenko

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

A person slices a dark, seed-topped loaf of bread with a serrated knife on a wooden cutting board.

Xavier Autrey Holschneider

Chania

Greece

A close-up of a pink popcorn machine with whimsical stickers on its glass, reflecting people walking on a sunny street.

Woman works on dough while making bread at a wooden table.

TRU COLLECTIVE

A view of some food sitting on a table

Allegra D'Agostini

A macro shot of thick, creamy white buttercream frosting swirled in a bowl.

Charleston

A chef in a professional kitchen ladles tomato sauce over mozzarella and grated cheese on a raw pizza dough.

a skillet filled with a mixture of crumbled tofu that has a yellowish hue, black beans, and chopped green vegetables, being stirred with a wooden spoon, which looks like a tofu scramble.

Philippe Degroote

Palma

Spain

Balearic Islands

A baker wearing a flour-dusted brown apron kneads a filling into fresh dough on a wooden countertop.

A pair of tongs holding a piece of grilled meat with grill marks.

Rachel Soh

A person sprinkles what appears to be grated Parmesan cheese onto sliced American cheese on a cut, toasted sesame seed bun, on a wooden counter, with take-out box.

David Powers

A collection of whisks, spatulas, and brushes hang neatly on a black pot rack in a commercial kitchen.

Bowl with scoops of ice cream and a plate with lemon peels on the side

Cut asparagus cooking in clear broth in a black pan with a wooden spoon.

Annapolis

Maryland

Two men adding seasoning to a pan while cooking.

Six chicken wings are arranged on a metal rack set over a baking sheet.

a pot of food steams on a stovetop in a house

Roman Fox

Two people in robes wash a large, heavy cooking pot on a wet floor, with a dramatic beam of sunlight illuminating the scene.

Chopped onion and seasonings being sautéed in a dark frying pan.

A roast chicken on a bed of stuffing

Reed Schick

Knoxville

Tennessee

A woman meal-preps a healthy lunch, adding cooked grains from a bowl into a glass container with shredded chicken and fresh vegetables.

a chef is plating food from a skillet in a restaurant kitchen

Mike Kitchen

Thailand

A street food vendor fans the glowing embers on his charcoal grill cart on a city street at night in Thailand.

Annika Kafcaloudis

Chef assembling sandwiches on restaurant kitchen countertop

A freshly rolled sheet of pasta dough is folded and dusted with flour on a rustic wooden board.

A young child wearing a beanie learns to prepare food with an adult in a kitchen illuminated by a warm sunbeam.

Closeup of grilled tomatoes stacked together

A chef wearing black gloves uses a large, sharp knife to slice a fresh cucumber on a wooden cutting board.

Oakland

A chef slicing some fish on a cutting board

Ana do Amaral

A child's hand places a colorful, sprinkle-covered, star-shaped cookie on parchment paper.

A person wearing a grey sweater and an apron uses a large knife to cut into a giant wheel of hard cheese.

A view of two women making some food

Jake Ingle

Hand holds a knife, cutting a fig in half on a cutting board, with soft light illuminating.

Woman roasting pistachio in an interior setting

A baker in a brown apron places loaves of raw dough into proofing baskets on a floured wooden table.

A baker's hand sprinkles a generous amount of seasoning over rows of raw bagels before they go into the oven.

A woman with flour on her hands is folding a pastry dough

Rebecca Newman

Melbourne

Australia

Victoria

Some noodles sitting on a tray

A person baking sweets in an oven

A chef wearing an apron cooks with a frying pan over a large flame on a commercial kitchen stove.

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