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All the iPhone Photos We Shot for Our March Culture Issue

We spend so much time taking photos of our food on our phones, we decided to make our photographers do it, too.
TexMex Breakfast Waffle Nachos
Peden & Munk

If you're like us, you take pictures of everything you eat. Which is why we challenged our photographers to ditch the fancy equipment and shoot our March Culture issue (psst—you can get it now!) using only iPhones. Seriously.

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    Alex Lau
    3/22

    "Soggy Salad Is a Shameful Thing"

    For a story on how to hack your next Sweetgreen order, we sent staff photograher Alex Lau to one of their NYC outposts to see how it's done.

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    Benjamin Rasmussen
    4/22

    Dude, These Gummi Bears Taste Amaaazing

    Edibles: They're officially a thing, as food director Carla Lalli Music writes.

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    Gentl & Hyers
    7/22

    Coconut-Date Power Breakfast Bars

    Five different types of coconut go into our quintuple-threat breakfast (or snack) bars. Nutrient-dense and sweet enough to satisfy even the youngest members of your household.

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    Alex Lau
    8/22

    'Buch, Anyone?

    We interviewed five people who quit their boring day jobs to make artisanal food and drink. Among them: Daina Sleskys Trout of Health-Ade Kombucha.

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    Rush Jagoe
    9/22

    America's Melting Pot Has Never Tasted Better

    Call it fusion. Or whatever else you want. We're gonna call this shot by Rush Jagoe delicious.

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    Alex Lau
    10/22

    Read 'Em and Eat

    All the food zines that are keeping us hungry right now.

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    Cait Oppermann
    11/22

    What Are We Waiting For?

    Special projects associate Lilli Sherman chatted with 100 superfans at Rose's Luxury in Washington, D.C. to ask: What are you people thinking?

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    Marcus Nilsson
    12/22

    Eat Smart, Save the World

    What are you looking at? The future of dinnertime in America, according to chef Dan Barber.

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    Marcus Nilsson
    13/22

    Try a New Breed

    The Honeynut (center) and 898 (right) squash aren't just adorable—they're the future of produce.

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    Marcus Nilsson
    14/22

    Eat Low(cally)

    Here's some advice from Barber: Eat smaller. Think shellfish, sardines, and seaweed.

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    Alex Lau
    15/22

    Big Cities, Small Distilleries

    For a story on the country's best small distilleries, staff photographer Alex Lau shot 16 gorgeous bottles.

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    Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott
    16/22

    Four Horsemen Walk Into a Bar...

    James Murphy and the rest of the Four Horsemen crew posed for photographers Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott.

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    Gentl & Hyers
    21/22

    Chocolate-Avocado Pudding

    Leave it to cool-kid mecca Gjusta in Venice, CA, to create a produce-based, low-sugar, vegan-friendly, “good”-fat-filled, crowd-pleasing dessert. That would also be completely acceptable to eat for breakfast.

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    Daymon Gardner
    22/22

    Three Days of Music, 110 Gallons of Queso

    Photographer Daymon Gardner caught the crowd at Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest digging into amped-up tacos and artisanal ice pops.

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