A food stylist might not have approved, but we eager eaters thought it looked just right.

Ms. Cline, a former food stylist, began shooting food four years ago.

Sally Schneider has a vivid sense of flavor, perhaps resulting from her long experience as both a chef and a food stylist.

The role of the food stylist is to make the food look attractive in the finished photograph.

The bridegroom's mother is a food stylist in Beverly Hills.

We asked the food stylists for their top tips on making food look great at home:

No one knows just how many food stylists there are in the United States.

A good food stylist knows, for example, never to use real milk in a bowl of cereal.

Like many food stylists, however, he is often put on the defensive by an uncomprehending public.

He certainly never planned to be a food stylist.