Yearly I sit down to write down this record and I am reminded of how a lot expertise and exhausting work goes into making Critical Eats look nearly as good because it does. This, I swear, largely has nothing to do with the truth that I’m in command of visuals for this web site. Actually! Photographers and illustrators from all around the phrase sort out each our (1) most complex, significant, nostalgic, and/or bonkers recipes and (2) our over-the-top, delightfully unhinged deep-dive articles and accomplish that with inventive visions I’m immensely happy with.

Since January 1, Critical Eats has revealed over 400 recipes and one other 400-ish articles and galleries, which implies, if you happen to’ll permit me—the individual retains observe of these items—to take an informed guess, we revealed over 3,000 photographs to the positioning in 2024. Imagine me once I say I like just about each single certainly one of them, however our editors additionally had some actually stand-out favorites. Beneath, discover the SE workforce’s absolute favourite visible moments of the previous 12 months.