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🔪 Why I’m Slowly Killing Food Polka Freelance to Death

November 21, 2025 by Food Polka

(And Yes, I’m Open to Full-Time, Fractional CMO, or Creative Director Roles in CPG/DTC Food & Beverage and FoodTech) I’m done. I’m deliberately winding down Food Polka freelance because I can’t take one more flighty client and briefs that say “just make it look like [trending brand] but cheaper.” I already know — before the moodboard even loads — that it’s heading straight to 1.2 ROAS, dead comments, and zero brand memory. Forever forgettable. It’s a race to the bottom, […]

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Categories: Creative Content Development, creative direction, creative direction, entrepreneur, Food Photography, Marta Fowlie • Tags: art director, consumer psychology, content strategist, CPG food beverage, creative director, food marketing, foodtech founder, Fractional CMO, performance creative, VP Marketing

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Minute Maid Product Photography

March 30, 2019 by Food Polka

For Minute Maid, I had the privilege of spearheading multiple seasons of image and GIF production in collaboration with their creative agency. Our goal was to create playful and colorful content for Instagram, aligning seamlessly with the campaign’s emphasis on authenticity and mirroring a natural user-generated feel. I oversaw every aspect of the photography production process, from food and beverage photography to styling and postproduction. Working closely with the client, we crafted visuals that not only showcased Minute Maid products […]

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Categories: Food Photography, Food Styling, Uncategorized • Tags: beverage stylist Los Angeles, drink stylist Los Angeles, food photographer los angeles, food stylist los angeles, Minute Maid

Pasta Fireplace

January 29, 2019 by Food Polka

Can pasta fireplace keep you warm? For food styling bookings and inquiries about food photography or video production or with various questions please click here to contact Food Polka

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Categories: Animation, Creative Content Development, creative direction, Editorial, food advertising, Food Art, Food Photography, Food Styling, Ingredients, Kiwi, Lemon, Marta Fowlie, Pasta, Services, Stop Motion Animation • Tags: food photographer los angeles, food styling los angeles, food stylist los angeles, published by Marta Fowlie

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Fruit in the Flash

January 23, 2019 by Food Polka

Once upon a time, I went on an extraordinary creative journey that began with a chance discovery. While browsing through a free stock photography website, I stumbled upon an image that seemed unremarkable at first glance—transparent, pale, and underexposed fruit slices. However, there was an inexplicable charm to it that instantly captivated my imagination. Driven by curiosity, I imported the image into Photoshop, eager to unlock its hidden potential. Experimenting with various adjustments and exporting multiple versions, I embarked on […]

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Categories: Animation, Creative Content Development, creative direction, Cucumbers, Editorial, food advertising, Food Art, Food Photography, Food Styling, Ingredients, Kiwi, Lemon, Marta Fowlie, Services, Stop Motion Animation • Tags: food photographer los angeles, food styling los angeles, food stylist los angeles, published by Marta Fowlie

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Food Stylist Photographer Los Angeles LA Creative Studio Chris Dorsey

How to make a spicy, strawberry lemonade?

February 26, 2018 by Food Polka

It is easier than you think, just watch 👀 Have a Project in need of a Food Stylist, Food Photographer, or Video Producer? GET in TOUCH 📞

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Categories: Animation, Cocktail, Creative Content Development, creative direction, culinary inspiration, Culinary Writing, Dessert, Editorial, farmers market, Food Art, food marketing, Food Photography, Food Styling, foodporn, Lemonade, Marta Fowlie, Published by Marta Fowlie, Recipe Development, Rosemary, Serrano, Snack, Stop Motion Animation, Strawberries, Vegan • Tags: Animation, beverage stylist Los Angeles, california, chris dorsey, food photographer, food stylist, mineral water, photography, soda water, sparkling lemonade, stop motion food

The Lonely Winter Brussels Sprouts Soup but you don’t have to eat it alone

December 22, 2017 by Food Polka

I am fortunate to spend this Holiday season with my family in Poland. It has been 16 years since the last Christmas together and a very long time since I experienced the “real” winter for longer than a week. Although it’s cold out here, I am still super excited because the trip triggers so many culinary memories. Winters in Northern Europe offer a very limited variety of local produce but Brussels Sprouts are in season now. So, here is my sentimental winter tale about this “little” vegetable. I […]

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Springtime on the Central Coast of California!

May 28, 2017 by Food Polka

Have a lot of fun in the sun on this Memorial Day weekend!

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This Dark, Green Sorrel Soup Made out of California Weed Might Surprise You

March 12, 2017 by Food Polka

Ok, so Easter is right around the corner and being Polish I know that all the Polish housewives have been busy in the kitchen for the last two weeks. Probably baking babkas, hard boiling eggs, and maybe even painting them… I am Polish and I don’t paint eggs this year but I painted my mashed […]

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The Anarchist Cookbook Gets Animated

May 13, 2016 by Food Polka

Have you ever heard about The Anarchist Cookbook? It first came out in 1971, and to this day is one of the most controversial cookbooks ever published. However, it’s not your traditional cookbook — It’s filled with recipes and instructions to manufacture explosives, rudimentary telecommunications phreaking devices, and other items. The book also includes instructions for home manufacturing of illicit drugs, including LSD. It was written at the apex of the counterculture era to protest against the United States’ involvement […]