It all starts with a recipe, according to Daria Khoroshavina of Kitchen Ghosts. Finding the right recipe, she says, is the very important first step she and co-collaborator, Olya Kolesnikova, take in pursuit of creating one of their delicious food cinemagraphs. Both based outside of Moscow, Khoroshavina is the photographer in the food cinema graphic collaboration, and Kolesnikova is the chef and stylist.

I caught up with Khoroshavina, the English speaker of the pair, to learn her secrets on how she makes her tantalizing food cinemagraphs. Here is what I learned:

Khoroshavina uses a Canon 6D and a tripod to shoot her cinemagraphs.  With these tools, her method is simple.  Shoot a video, loop it in After Effects, (which is