I am getting really sick of all these food blogs that post a bajillion artsy photographs before getting down to business ie the recipe. Even worse is when they just stick in some random crap.
Exhibit A, which puts nine separate photographs before the recipe (for beet chips), two of which are of a tree, for no reason which I can fathom
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The ones that aren't burnt taste really good though.
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That recipe you linked is ridiculous, though. Way too many before pictures especially--one before-cooking and one after-cooking (and no tree pictures?!) would have been sufficient. I do get a little annoyed with Pioneer Woman's photos of every single step sometimes, but I won't complain too much because I've really enjoyed the recipes of her's that I have tried!
I hope your party goes well! Sounds like a good menu!
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Part of the issue is that the PW has been so successful that I think many people just assume now that a cooking blog has got to have the ingredients shot, the step by step shots, the shots of the finished product from different angles on various chic pieces of china, etc. It becomes more about how good your camera and food styling skills are.
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That being said... have you ever seen TasteSpotting?
http://www.tastespotting.com/
It's a giant aggregate of all of the internet's food blogs. A good way to find recipes, and also food photos galore. *salivates*
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