Food photography is one of the hardest photographic forms there is in my opinion.
It sounds simple I know it isn’t. My sister is a 25+ year pro photographer and I’ve seen her struggle with it.
I think food bloggers have really changed the style of it, the use of natural light, a more casual look to the food (instead of every grain of rice perfectly styled) and little to no in-edible ingredients. When I was in school in the ‘80’s I thought no way!! But it is a lot of fun now!