"Food stylists" have a fascinating but somewhat tedious job. I have watched one insert a cocktail stick into thousands of flakes of individual oatmeal in order

"Food stylists" have a fascinating but somewhat tedious job. I have watched one insert a cocktail stick into thousands of flakes of individual oatmeal in order to "plump them up" for a video shoot. Food in commercials is treated like an actor. It is styled, staged, and post-produced to show it at its best. Food stylists are just as talented as traditional cosmetic artists, but few people seem to know they exist. It was good to see McDonald's revealing a little of their work here.