Whenever I see any gif with a recipe come by on my social media, it always seems to follow the same meta-recipe: hyperpalatable ingredient mixed with other hyperpalatable ingredient, the end result being something that has fat, sugar and salt in abundance. I guess that it makes sense, producing the clickbait equivalent for taste (you watch it and think "oh that looks mouthwatering") but I don't recall ever watching t…
They've got lots of fairly healthy recipes (as well as plenty of unhealthy ones, but nobody is pretending that brownies are healthy). The problem isn't the nutritional content, it's that these videos are of recipes that just aren't very good to start with. They've nailed the ability to shoot something that looks incredibly tasty, but if you look at the recipes themselves, they lack flavour. Nothing has enough spices…
Re: How BuzzFeed’s Tasty Conquered Online Food
#31You're correct, they are the equivalent of food designers, at photo shoots. It's meant to look good on film, and nothing else. I wouldn't be surprised if the end result was not even real food on Buzzfeed. Using Elmers glue for milk on cereal, etc.