Spotlight: Beth Kirby, Local Milk

If you're an avid Instagrammer, there's a good chance you're familiar with the name Beth Kirby, the mastermind behind the blog Local Milk. Billed as "a cast iron skillet and a camera," Local Milk is a digital ode to the beauty of food — one that's grown so popular that, in 2014, Saveur honored Kirby's project with both Readers' Choice and Editors' Choice Awards for Best Food Photography Blog. 

"Living is a glossy, unctuous thing, and cooking is a divine, ancient art," Kirby explains on her site. "It is the elevation of biological necessity. It is the beating heart. It is an empire built on grain and cacao. It is selenium and potassium. It is kale and cauliflower. It is sustenance. It is actually the art of living."

Below, we've rounded up a few of our favorite Local Milk recipes and Instagram shots. 

 

A photo posted by Beth Kirby (@local_milk) on Nov 16, 2015 at 6:46am PST

This is what your Thanksgiving table is going to look like, right?

 

A photo posted by Beth Kirby (@local_milk) on Nov 8, 2015 at 11:51am PST

Vegetable and cheese pot pie, recipe here. 

 

A photo posted by Beth Kirby (@local_milk) on Nov 1, 2015 at 3:03pm PST

Granola with Lindt chocolate, recipe here. 

 

A photo posted by Beth Kirby (@local_milk) on Oct 23, 2015 at 8:34am PDT

A table setting for an Anthropologie shoot. 

 

A photo posted by Beth Kirby (@local_milk) on Oct 17, 2015 at 7:59am PDT

We want to go to there.

 

A photo posted by Beth Kirby (@local_milk) on Oct 15, 2015 at 2:48pm PDT

Pan fried polenta with wild mushroom ragu, recipe here.