Most people use Instagram for selfies, but for some -- especially food professionals -- it's a place to share what they're making, brewing and growing. It's also where chefs and restaurateurs share where they're eating and supporting the rest of the local food economy. Some of these Instagrammers also take photography pretty seriously and the results transcend the medium.
Here are Gut Check's eight current favorite accounts on Instagram, which are making our feed not just tasty looking but seriously beautiful as well.
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8. @JoshGalliano Chef Josh Galliano wants you to know what he's cooking at the Libertine (7927 Forsyth Boulevard, Clayton; 314-862-2999). But he also wants you to know what the ingredients looked like before they made it to his impeccable plates -- that means sunchokes caked in mud, mushrooms peeking out from tree bark, roadside peach stands. All that side by side with shots of the final results, sauced and looking sumptuous.
