There are plenty of places to find beautifully photographed food on the Internet — on Web pages for restaurants, recipes or candy companies. But food photography can be more than just gustatory Glamour Shots. Here’s a collection of some of the most creative, informative photos of food we’ve found online.
Oklahoma State University hosts a set of extensive food galleries aimed at educating the public about how to recognize portion sizes. The site has separate galleries for vegetables, dairy, meats and oils — and a dazzling array of breads, biscuits and rolls.
Glamour magazine’s slideshow demonstrates all the extra sides you can eat with your entree — for the same number of calories — should you merely switch to a low fat version of a food. Someone at Glamour must really like raspberries and beer — they show up multiple times as these bonuses.
And there’s more! Ever wonder what your fast food looks like up close — really close? Probably not, but you can find out at a website run by Michael Davidson of Florida State University. The university’s Molecular Expressions site catalogs thousands of pictures taken with high-powered optical microscopes, including a gallery of burger ingredients. (No information on how many calories are in one cubic nanometer of a French fry.)