<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP2850-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1323" alt="white chocolate chip cookies" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP2850-2.jpg" width="500" height="329" /></a>As a food stylist who works from home, people often wonder about what it is that I do for a living.  It is easiest conceptualized in photos.  I cook and bake in my own kitchen, in the process creating an extraordinary mess, and then attempt to make it look appetizing and beautiful in a photo.   I pull from my vast collection of props (thank God for basements), and set up my photo near a window or in a shaded area outside.  I've selected a few of my recent favorites for your viewing pleasure.  Easier said than done sometimes.   When I sell a photo, I no longer own the rights to it.  So, these are not the exact images that have been sold, but they are from the same photo sessions as many of my pictures that appear in the Boston Globe.  (When possible, I will included links to recipes, but several of these have not yet been published.)  This first is white chocolate chip cookies with walnuts and dried cranberries.  They were eagerly gobbled up by my hungry family just as soon as I set down the camera.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3343-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1324" alt="Tandoori chicken" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3343-2.jpg" width="500" height="492" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">This photo of tandoori chicken is an example of when my editor and I disagree.  Pictured here was my absolute favorite shot from the series, but it is not<a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/food-dining/2014/09/30/recipe-for-tandoori-style-chicken/Ty2bahULbZjJFQQJrWSz2L/story.html"> the one that she chose</a>.  Ah, well, I'll keep the rights to it. (And, it is entirely possible that her well-trained eye is seeing something that I am not.)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP2619-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1322" alt="plum frangipane tart" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP2619-2.jpg" width="459" height="500" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Is there anything more elegant than a simple, fruit tart?  This version is filled with plum and hazelnuts.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP0944-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320" alt="sloppy joes" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP0944-2.jpg" width="500" height="331" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Something about this Sloppy Joe is very, very appealing....though <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/food-dining/2014/07/15/asian-inspired-sloppy-joes-then-enchiladas/M8WgbsSnDWTaJLdivCLXVI/story.html">the one pictured here</a> is also appetizing.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP2575-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1321" alt="dutch baby" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP2575-2.jpg" width="383" height="500" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">I find desserts that include fresh fruit to be the easiest dishes to photograph.  They are innately beautiful, just like this <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/food-dining/2014/09/30/recipe-for-dutch-baby-with-cherries/PQOddTKuaa1qqP9WtW14XN/story.html">Dutch baby with fresh cherries.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3445-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1325" alt="apple crisp" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3445-2.jpg" width="500" height="326" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Continuing with the fresh fruit theme, I think I have made my point, though I enjoy the photo of apple crisp more from the angle she chose.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3507-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1326" alt="udon noodle soup" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMGP3507-2.jpg" width="381" height="500" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Understated elegance in soup form: udon noodles with miso broth.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I do LOVE my job.</p>