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50 Best Food Blog Photos Of 2012

A drool advisory has been issued for this post. It contains our favorite food styling and photography from the past year. View at your own risk.

Lesson one: Beautiful food photos start with gorgeous ingredients.

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Lesson two: Process shots can steal the show from finished shots.

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Lesson three: Food is often the MOST beautiful right before you eat it, whether it's savory...

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Or sweet...

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Or somewhere in between.

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Check out the blogs featured in this post for more great photos and recipes.

Apt. 2B Baking Co. - Yossy Arefi

Cafe Johnsonia - Lindsey Johnson

Canelle et Vanille - Aran Goyoaga

Chasing Delicious - Russell Van Kraayenburg

Citrus & Candy - Karen Low

Desserts For Breakfast - Stephanie Shih

Elephantine - Rachel Ball

Feasting At Home - Sylvia Fountaine

Green Kitchen Stories - David, Luise & Elsa

Have Cake Will Travel - Celine Steen

Happyolks - Kelsey Brown & Shaun Boyte

Forty-Sixth At Grace - Nikole Herriott

Hungry Ghost - Andrea Gentl

Inspiring The Everyday - Michael Matthew

Kanela y Limon - Cristina Lorenzo (in Spanish)

La Buena Vida - Nicole Franzen

La Tartine Gourmande - Béatrice Peltre

Lemon Fire Brigade - Sarah Bolla

Mowielicious - Mowie Kay

Nicky & Max - Max Faber & Nicky Walsh

Not Without Salt - Ashley Rodriguez

Running With Tweezers - Tami Hardeman

Seasons & Suppers - Jennifer M

Seven Spoons - Tara O'Brady

Sprouted Kitchen - Hugh & Sara Forte

Sunshine & Smile - Kankana Saxena

The Food Dept. - Sally Courtney, Anne Marie Cummins, David Morgan & Petrina Tinslay

The Tart Tart - Linda Xiao

The Year In Food - Kimberley Hasselbrink

What Katie Ate - Kate Quinn Davies

This post is by definition incomplete, since the world of food blogs is vast and full of gorgeous photography. So if we missed an amazing blog (maybe yours?) let us know about it!