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For almost a year I've been following Aran Goyoaga's blog:
http://cannelle-vanille.blogspot.com/
Her food photography is feast for the eyes and her recipes (I've tried a few) are just amazing.
They are also quite healthy, too.

Very nice stuff, Hmmmmmm!

Delicious looking food!  Her daughter (I assume?) is adorable too!  Reminds me of this picture:  

http://www.xmission.com/~tssphoto/vt/bpg/35.html

@WarrenPrice - I don't think she is selling stock though agencies, although there is a "licensing" link on her page. I love her style, it's very soft and consistent, too. She does work for cookbooks (right now she is working on her own).

@Mantis  - it's the old argument about shallow DOF versus all-sharp:) It's a matter of preference, really. Both styles work when done properly. For me, shallow DOF is the way to go - makes images more "airy" and draws attention to detail without making the image too busy. For a while all cookbooks and food magazines were shallow DOF only, now some are switching to "all in focus" and I don't quite like it.

I love the natural soft lighting and DOF of these. Makes me just want to plop at her table and enjoy.  So inviting.

Beat me to it, look at any one of the photos in that portfolio, does it make you imagine that the food has genuinely been cooked to be eaten or that there is a dinner party or busy kitchen just out of shot?
Glossy artificial eye candy is micro bread and butter, but I'll take the more naturalistic style any day.

Beautifully styled, beautifully lit... Absolutely love them! Thanks for posting!

Nice image, but done in a 1960s style. As other have stated her images are the trend in food photography now.

Well, like I said, I wasn't trying to be disrespectful.  But I have been around a long time doing commercial set photography since the early 1980's.  And as a buyer those images don't reach out and say "eat me"...if you get my point. Anyway, that's why forums are a nice tool....varying opinions make them worthwhile so we don't have anything but Kum Bah Ya posts.

I like the brightness and colors, and I like shallow dof on food shots, but personally I think they are a tad too shallow. I like to see a little more of the food in focus.

I think some of marcomayer's images are good, but I notice he is not exclusive. Not really a fair comparison...kelly cline was in on the ground floor at IS, always an exclusive, and is one of the top dogs, almost like Yuri (the exception being I don't think she employs a whole staff of people...but I could be wrong on that). marcomayer's images, even if good, are going to be buried, for the most part.

I like some of it but is that just cause it was with a tilt shift lens?

It's very interesting how some people perceive shallow DOF and muted colors as a "bad quality" photos. I guess it's like cilantro - some people love it, some people hate it, to some it tastes citrusy, to some it tastes like soap. A couple of years ago I opened an issue of National Geographic magazine and was amazed by ethereal, very artistic, very shallow dof and all blurry images of plants and flowers (I wish I remembered with issue it was). Sure enough, the next issue contained a very angry letter from some photographer saying how disappointed he was with NG for printing "bad quality" and "out of focus" and "amateur" photos, and how could they lower their standards so much.
It is that some people get so preoccupied with technical characteristic of the photos that it totally blocks their artistic vision? Or is it indeed like cilantro - to some it's soap, to some it's citrus, and nothing can be done about it?...
I am soo putting these thoughts into my next blog post:)