Can you guess what this story is about? 

Find out if you’re right plus more behind the scenes photos here!

Our prop stylist cut out all of the test kitchen’s recipe photos and placed them on their appropriate props so we could decide what we liked the best visually.
—Kim Gougenheim, Photo Director

Props from our Thanksgiving shoot. Can you guess how many corkscrews made it into the issue?

Behind the Scenes: A shot of one of our other set options for the October 2012 cover.

—Kim Gougenheim, Photo Director

Can you guess what we’re cooking with in our October Issue?

I snuck a photo of the beautiful small pumpkins at our October issue cover shoot. Fall is almost here!

—Kim Gougenheim, Photo Director

Just a little bit of goofing off at a Faves Photo Shoot

See the finished product here: Carnival Faves!

Can you guess who we’re shooting?

Food stylist secret: “ice cubes” made of gelatin—they won’t melt under hot camera lights. Genius!

—Sonal Dutt, Executive Lifestyle Editor

We’re photographing the party story of my dreams for October issue! It’s SO fun! Get ready, friends: I’m throwing this party soon! Here’s a sneak peek from behind the lens with our amazing photographer and team at the shoot!

—Sonal Dutt, Executive Lifestyle Editor

(Source: rachaelraymag.com)

We all loved Thayer’s boots and the beautiful orange flowers on the shoot for our “Color-Themed Party!”

—Mackenize Craig, Associate Photo Editor