Links and Resources

Below, you’ll find my favorite blogs, local food resources, fascinating nutrition news articles and food photography links. Happy exploring!

• Epicureous’ Seasonal Ingredient Map: Click on your state and select a month to view which types of produce are in season in your area.
• Find farmers markets and CSAs in your area on Local Harvest.
• The Dirty Dozen: Learn which types of produce are worth buying organic.
• The Year In Food’s monthly Seasonal Food Guides.
• The Giving Table: Connecting food and philanthropy.
• Whole Foods Market Food Guides: An encyclopedic resource on food of all kinds.
• Martha Stewart’s Produce Guide Index: Browse Martha’s recipes by season and produce.
• Learn how to store produce without plastic.
• Slow Food: Find a Local Chapter

• Still Counting Calories? Your Weight-Loss Plan May Be Outdated. For more details, see the full study: Changes in Diet and Lifestyle and Long-Term Weight Gain in Women and Men.
• Attacking the Obesity Epidemic by First Figuring Out Its Cause. For more details, see The Lancet’s 4 part series on the obesity pandemic and what to do about it.
• Is Junk Food Really Cheaper? No, it’s not, says Mark Bittman in the New York Times
• Is sugar toxic? asks the New York Times
• We’re eating less sugar—but still far too much. For details, read the study.
• ‪Sugar: The Bitter Truth‬ [YouTube video]
• The Harmful Effects of Soda [Infographic]
• Symptoms of Celiac Disease: 97% of celiacs go undiagnosed.
• Eating More Meat, White or Red, Is Bad for the Waistline
• The U.S. Wastes 40 Percent of All Food Produced Per Year. How About We Stop Doing That?
• Can we be trained to like healthy foods? Read the full study: Prenatal and Postnatal Flavor Learning by Human Infants.
• Garance Doré’s thoughts on New York Skinny vs. Paris Skinny
• The Food Writer’s Diet, by a cookbook author and a size 2, Melissa Clark

• Principles of Photography series by White on Rice Couple
• Gourmande in the Kitchen’s Language of Photography Series
• 6 Bittersweets’ take on Food Photography and Styling
• 15 Essential Food Photography Tips from Andrew Scrivani
• Food Photography Tips from Wrightfood
• Food Photography Tips by Bella Eats
• Smitten Kitchen’s Approach to Food Photos
• Heidi Swanson’s Food Photography Tips
• 12 Edible Food Styling Tips for Bloggers on the Food Blog Forum
• Various resources on Food Bloggers Unite!
• How to Garnish Foods on How Stuff Works
• Lara Ferroni’s Guide to Food Photography Gear
• Interviews with Food Photographers at Great Food Photos
• $15 Food Photography Lighting Set-up by Taylor Mathis
• Book: Plate to Pixel: Digital Food Photography & Styling by Helene Dujardin [Amazon link]
• A massive collection of food photography resources by Jenn Cuisine

• My Drunk Kitchen: Hannah Hart is everyone’s favorite drunk cook.
• You Are What You Eat: Photo series exploring the contents of refrigerators around the country by Mark Menjivar.
• DINNER IN NY: Photo series of people eating dinner in NY by Miho Aikawa Photography.