The Culinary Institute Wants to Teach Students About Instagramming Food
Photo Caption: CIA students practice the principles of food styling and photography at an event on the New York campus in June 2017.
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Professional food styling and food photography are different than Insta-snaps, and the revered CIA will teach the former. They're not acquiescing to Instagram just yet, but don't be surprised when schools head that direction.
So here we are. According to the New York Times, New York’s Culinary Institute of America, one of the highest-regarded culinary schools in the country, will offer two Instagram-friendly electives next year: food styling and food photography.
Anyone who’s been around a proper food photoshoot (not the impromptu kind that happens at half of restaurant tables every night) knows that while the food may look good, it’s not actually food you want to eat. Often meat isn’t
