Table of Spreads - Honey, Chocolate, Jams — Culture Magazine
Pairings

**Creative Direction:** For their annual pairings issue, I worked with the magazine’s editor and outside design firm Red Herring to capture different cheese pairings, including jam, wine, honey—and, yes, donuts!
Donuts and cheese might not seem like natural partners, but the editorial team from Culture magazine celebrated this unexpected (and unexpectedly delicious!) combination. We also shot a layout that featured hand lettering created with honey. I love working with clients who are passionate about what they do, and the Culture team are such enthusiastic collaborators.
**Crew:** Culture Magazine Editor, Red Herring (Agency), Art Director, Food Stylist, Cheesemonger

Culture Magazine Pairings

Evi Abeler July 9, 2019

For Culture Magazine’s annual pairings issue, I worked with the magazine’s editor and outside design firm Red Herring to capture different cheese pairings, including jam, wine, honey—and, yes, donuts! Shot by Evi Abeler, New York based Food and Editorial Photographer.

Culture Magazine Spreadable Cheese Chevre Camembert Cream Cheese — Culture Magazine

**Creative Direction:** How do you make a wedge of cheese look interesting? It’s all about design and propping—and about working with an experienced cheesemonger who knows how to bring out each cheese’s visual best. The design team at *Culture Magazine* envisioned a comic book-like graphic style for their Best Cheeses of the Year special issue. I worked closely with the magazine’s art director to anticipate the layout needs and to shoot each cheese—about 100 in all—to support the design.
**Crew:** Art Director, Cheesemonger

Culture Magazine Best Cheeses

Evi Abeler June 11, 2019

How do you make a wedge of cheese look interesting? It’s all about design and propping—and about working with an experienced cheesemonger who knows how to bring out each cheese’s visual best. I collaborated with the design team at Culture magazine and their comic book-like vision for their Best Cheeses of the Year issue. Shot by Evi Abeler, New York based Food and Editorial Photographer.

Jars of Yogurt with Peaches — Culture Magazine:
Yogurt

**Creative Direction:** Culture Magazine stepped away from cheese—their usual subject—to spotlight the new trend in specialty yogurts, from Icelandic to Greek to French.
The yogurts were shot against simple backgrounds to provide a bold pop of color. Use of strong lighting allowed the production of sharp shadows, further adding to the pop-art look of these images.

**Creative Team:** Red Herring (Design Agency), Culture Editorial Team, Food Stylist

Culture Magazine Yogurt

Evi Abeler April 2, 2019

Culture Magazine stepped away from cheese—their usual subject—to spotlight the new trend in specialty yogurts, from Icelandic to Greek to French. I gave a pop-art look to the images using simple backgrounds and sharp shadows. Shot by Evi Abeler, New York based Editorial Photographer.

Rainbow Sprinkles — Rachael Ray

**Creative Direction:** This was a fantastic collaboration with the creative team from the *Every Day with Rachael Ray* magazine. We shot a series of full-page images for the magazine’s “On Our Radar” section featuring different types of holiday decor for cookies, cakes, and chocolates. We played around with different shapes and colors of sprinkles, styling each to accommodate headline type.
For a feature on homemade bark-style chocolate candy, we styled an assortment of recipes featuring unusual ingredient combinations. Working with the magazine’s editorial and visual team, as well as their super creative test kitchen crew, was a blast.
**Crew:** Food Stylist, Food Stylist Assistant
**Publication Team:** Photo Producer, Editor, Test Kitchen Chef, Photo Assistant

Rachael Ray Every Day

Evi Abeler January 7, 2019

For this collaboration with Every Day with Rachael Ray, we shot a series of full-page images for the magazine’s “On Our Radar” section featuring different types of holiday decor for cookies, cakes, and chocolates.