10 Under-the-Radar Instagram Accounts for Foodies
Looking for a place to grab dinner, a recipe to cook, or just some #foodporn? You might be as likely to check your Instagram feed as you are to ask a friend or take a stroll around the block. Instagram’s 1080 pixel photographs, accompanied by captions and comments, offer a more informal, streamlined, millennial-friendly means of discovering and evaluating options to satiate your stomach or eyes.
Why restrict yourself to the busiest thoroughfares of the Instaworld when you could explore a more untrodden—or unfollowed—trail? One of the beauties of Instagram, as a social media platform, is that anyone can post anything. And good content can come from anyone. Here are 10 relatively undiscovered accounts (with fewer than 10,000 followers) worth checking out.
1. meltmobile
Bio: “Melt Mobile/Gourmet Grilled Cheese food truck specializing in creative, comforting sandwiches made with local artisanal breads and imported and local cheeses/bit.ly/2aaGvCk”
Content: Grilled sandwiches ranging from the Meatball 3 Cheese Squeeze (Diana’s meatballs in marinara, fresh mozzarella, pecorino romano, parmigiano reggiano and fresh basil on tuscan bread) to The Fluffernutter (caramelized bananas, marshmallow fluff, belgian chocolate, and peanut butter on crunchy tuscan bread dusted with powdered sugar).
2. vegan.vibrations
Bio: “Whitney/21 year old vegan gardener from California/Discovering compassion, health, and minimalism through a plant based diet”
Content: A variety of food and recipe ideas to appeal to vegans and non-vegans alike, including mason jar smoothies, burrito bowls, and sushi.
3. 365daysofminimelunchbox
Bio: “Mother, daughter of 6, being creative, hair and make up artist, Amsterdam, www.victoriaderanitz.com, love to make bento boxes. good food! www.facebook.com/creativelunchbox”
Content: A variety of lunch boxes and lunches featuring holiday-appropriate, characterized snacks and crustless sandwiches.
4. seemarajramanuj
Bio: “Seema Raj/www.thesimplelondoner.blogspot.co.uk”
Content: If you’re looking for not only #foodporn but also #yolkporn, this blog is eggcellent. (And if you didn’t realize that #yolkporn was a thing until now, you’re not alone. Catch a glimpse above.) Along with eggs, an interesting scramble of Indian food, pizza, cupcakes, and more.
5. cheekyeats
Bio: “Chicago Food w| a Side of Sass/Captions (all in good taste)/#CheekyEats/BossyBacon/CheekyEatsChicago@gmail.com”
Content: Captions “in good taste,” food pictures in better taste. Indulgent Chi-Town treats ranging from poutine to burgers, topped with occasionally raunchy captions detailing the eatery that made it, delivery method, location of consumption and/or who it was eaten in the company of.
6. avoseedo
Bio: “AvoSeedo | Daniel & Julia/AvoSeedo – Grow your own avocado tree!/info@avoseedo.com/Get your AvoSeedo and other avocado accessories here/www.avoseedo.com/shop”
Content: Avocado roses blossom beside pictures of avocado coconut ice cream and other avocado wonders. The health superfood even takes an unhealthy turn in the form avocado fries and nestled between the buns of a cragel (that’s a mix between a croissant and a bagel). You’ll be seeing green wishing you had some of these foods in front of you.
7. yum_phd
Bio: “Yum Ph.D./東京 Tokyo/Japanese-American/よろしくお願いします! yum.phd.insta@gmail.com”
Content: A Smorgasbord of Japanese and American food pictures, captured both in Japan and in the US. Maisen katsu sandwiches and mitarashi-dango, interspersed with bacon cheeseburgers and monkey bread, offer a taste of the Japanese-American experience.
8. runningpaleo
Bio: “Liselle Pires/Runner | Paleo Chef | Microsoft | Seattle www.kickandsprout.com”
Content: Spaghetti squash crust pizza, pumpkin sweet potato waffles, dark chocolate walnut plantain brownies, and other seemingly endless creative, colorful paleo concoctions — fit for a runner’s exercise regimen.
9. extracrispy
Bio: “Because breakfast. Tag your breakfast and brunch photos with #crispyeats and we’ll share our favorites. extra.cr/29PN1j0”
Content: An ode to all things breakfast and brunch. Decadent spreads of Dutch babies and breakfast sushi, and also the more standard bowl of Kellogg’s. Pictured is cilbir, a Turkish dish of poached eggs in yogurt.
10. ems_eats
Bio: “ems_eats/self-titled foodie. baking connoisseur. lover of veggies and sweets alike. enjoy./Columbus, OH”
Content: More sweets than veggies on this blog. Sprinkled with pictures of savory foods are ombré rose top cakes, frozen s’mores, nutella pancake balls, and frankenpies. What’s that — you haven’t heard of a frankenpie? Go check it out; it looks pretty franken awesome.
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