Image Credits

This page records where the photographs on the site come from, under which licence, and which images are AI-generated illustrations.

Last updated: 17 September 2026

AI-generated illustrations

The ingredient boards ("everything you need, seen from above"), many atlas page banners and a number of recipe header images are AI-generated illustrations (made with Google Gemini from the ingredient list and method of each dish). Each one is labelled as such next to the image, including on the small tiles of the home page and the atlas. They are never presented as a photograph of a cooked dish.

Where no photograph of the right dish with a known source exists yet, the page shows either a labelled AI-generated illustration or a plain title card with the dish name — never a photograph of another dish. Photographs of real dishes are listed below with their authors and licences.

Recipe header photographs

Cevapi (Cevapcici): photo by Christian Paul · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cevapi_s_kajmakom.jpg

Doner Kebab: photo by Oben Kural · Pexels. Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/doner-kebab-with-chips-on-plate-18062061/

Beef Shawarma: photo by Peyman Hamsayeh · Pexels. Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/delicious-middle-eastern-shawarma-platter-34106240/

Gyros: photo by Antonio Fajardo i López · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pita_giros.JPG

Souvlaki: photo by Miyagawa · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Souvlaki_in_Athens.JPG

Galouti Kebab: photo by Mcbridejc · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons (galouti at Tunday Kababi, Lucknow). Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galouti_Kabab_from_Tunday_Kababi_Lucknow_2009-01-06.jpg

Seekh Kebab: photo by Miansari66 · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seekh_Kabab_2.JPG

Kabab Koobideh: photo by Roozitaa · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kabab_koobideh_2012.10.jpg

Adana Kebab: photo by Anatolianpride · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adana_kebab.jpg

Cag Kebabi: photo by Kürşad Ç. · Pexels. Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/traditional-turkish-doner-kebab-cooking-over-flames-37229056/

Urfa Kebab: photo by E4024 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urfa_kebap.jpg

Photographs on the kebab atlas pages

Alambre: photo by eperales. Licence: CC BY 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/96799823@N00/147691405

Anticuchos: photo by Carly & Art. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anticuchos_-_Grilled_Beef_Heart_skewers.jpg

Armenian Lula Kebab: photo by Chaojoker. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D5%84%D5%BD%D5%AB_%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%A2.JPG

Arrosticini: photo by Ra Boe. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Campo_Imperatore_2009_-Ristoro_Mucciante_Arrosticini-_by_RaBoe_014.jpg

Beef Shawarma: photo by Peyman Hamsayeh. Licence: Pexels. Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/delicious-middle-eastern-shawarma-platter-34106240/

Bifteki: photo by scriptingnews. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/22221172@N00/4825006164

Cag Kebab: photo by Kürşad Ç.. Licence: Pexels. Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/traditional-turkish-doner-kebab-cooking-over-flames-37229056/

Cevapi: photo by Christian Paul. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cevapi_s_kajmakom.jpg

Chislic: photo by Gomboc2008. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4854526

Chuanr: photo by Azchael. Licence: CC BY 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/34003965@N00/14785975965

Dakkochi: photo by KFoodaddict. Licence: BY 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/61056459@N05/6325410086

Doner Kebab (Germany): photo by Patrick. Licence: Pexels. Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-shot-of-a-delicious-doner-kebab-wrap-38337105/

Döner Teller: photo by Oben Kural. Licence: Pexels. Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/doner-kebab-with-chips-on-plate-18062061/

Espetada: photo by GerritR. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zum_Grill_umgebautes_Fass_mit_Espetada-Spie%C3%9Fen_II.jpg

Filipino Pork Barbecue: photo by Joost Nusselder. Licence: CC BY 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/182949154@N02/50243912458

Galouti Kebab: photo by Mcbridejc. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galouti_Kabab_from_Tunday_Kababi_Lucknow_2009-01-06.jpg

Gyros: photo by Antonio Fajardo i López. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pita_giros.JPG

Halal Snack Pack: photo by Mw12310. Licence: Public domain. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kebab_Snackpack_-_Sydney.JPG

Isaw: photo by supermicah. Licence: BY 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/58469254@N05/6870603674

Kabab Hoseini: photo by مانفی. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hosseini_kabab.jpg

Kabab Koobideh: photo by Roozitaa. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kabab_koobideh_2012.10.jpg

Kabab-e Jigar: photo by EgorovaSvetlana. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jigar_Uzbek_Shashlik_from_Liver_and_Fat_Tail_Grilled_on_Skewers_on_Mangal_over_Charcoal_Outdoor_Barbecue_Newton_Massachusetts.jpg

Kafta Kebab: photo by Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos. Licence: CC BY 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/23206546@N04/32498863784

Kagit Kebab: photo by E4024. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ka%C4%9F%C4%B1t_kebab%C4%B1_and_pilav.jpg

Kapsalon: photo by Incase.. Licence: CC BY 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62021300@N00/426547259

Kebabtallrik: photo by kalleboo. Licence: BY 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/82365211@N00/12135251093

Kebapche: photo by Ikonact. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kebapche_bg.jpg

Khorovats: photo by Violettarmenia. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barbecue_Armenian.jpg

Kokoretsi: photo by alexik. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/44098626@N00/134761257

Kuurdak: photo by Rio Murr from Minsk, Belarus. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kazakh_quwyrdaq.jpg

Kuyu Kebab: photo by E4024. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kuzu-kuyu.jpg

Lyulya Kebab: photo by Chaojoker. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D5%84%D5%BD%D5%AB_%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%A2.JPG

Malai Kebab: photo by Nithyasrm. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malai_chicken_tikka.JPG

Mechoui: photo by kennejima. Licence: BY 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/17152247@N00/15291018599

Mici: photo by Stoschmidt. Licence: CC BY 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mititei_aufm_Grill.jpg

Mtsvadi: photo by Игоревич. Licence: Public domain. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shashlik.jpg

Negima: photo by Haseo. Licence: BY 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/19031653@N00/102968656

Patthar ka Gosht: photo by Anand.philip. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/125140617@N04/14658476411

Pljeskavica: photo by Fif'. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/24236053@N00/6883073017

Satay: photo by LN9267. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Newton_Food_Centre_satay_06-08-2025.jpg

Satay Celup: photo by goosmurf. Licence: BY 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/19349404@N00/8624093845

Satay Kajang: photo by Marufish. Licence: BY-SA 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/8819274@N04/8362176143

Sate Ayam: photo by avlxyz. Licence: BY-SA 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/10559879@N00/2809753629

Sate Lilit: photo by kevin yung. Licence: Pexels. Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/exquisite-sate-lilit-dish-on-black-plate-37211519/

Sate Maranggi: photo by raramaurina. Licence: BY 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/51854834@N00/9760959533

Sate Padang: photo by Noval Gani. Licence: Pexels. Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/authentic-indonesian-sate-padang-on-banana-leaf-37121686/

Sate Ponorogo: photo by Gunawan Kartapranata. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sate_Ponorogo.jpg

Seekh Kebab: photo by Miansari66. Licence: CC0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seekh_Kabab_2.JPG

Sekuwa: photo by anitstha. Licence: CC CC0 1.0. Source: https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/2876a532ec/

Shami Kebab: photo by Murcotipton. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:4th_October_2012_Shami_Kebab.jpg

Shashlik: photo by Limited fantasy. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shashlik_made_of_pork.jpg

Shekla Tibs: photo by Betselot Yergalem. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shekla_tibs.jpg

Shik Kabab (Dhaka): photo by Sm faysal. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shik_kebabs_are_being_roasted_for_making_shik_burger.jpg

Shish Kebab: photo by E4024. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C5%9Ei%C5%9F_kebap_and_pilav.jpg

Souvla: photo by George Groutas from Idalion, Cyprus. Licence: CC BY 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Souvla.jpg

Souvlaki: photo by Miyagawa. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Souvlaki_in_Athens.JPG

Spiedie: photo by David Berkowitz. Licence: CC BY 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spiedies_on_Grill.jpg

Suya: photo by Honeybee5512. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nigerian_home_made_suya_and_sliced_onions.png

Tacos al Pastor: photo by Ari Helminen. Licence: CC BY 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/36093266@N06/4401140214

Tangdi Kebab: photo by Rahul Dhakate. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chicken_Tangdi_Kebab.jpg

Tantuni: photo by Joquee. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tantuni_sokak_yeme%C4%9Fi.jpg

Tsukune: photo by stu_spivack. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/35034346243@N01/666287022

Tunday Kebab: photo by Mcbridejc. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galouti_Kabab_from_Tunday_Kababi_Lucknow_2009-01-06.jpg

Urfa Kebab: photo by E4024. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urfa_kebap.jpg

Yakitori: photo by Yoshiko Kikuraku. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BEST_YAKITORI_in_local_Japan.jpg

Guide header photographs

Best Meat For Kebab: AI-generated illustration · for illustration.

How To Keep Kebab On The Skewer: AI-generated illustration · for illustration.

Best Bread For Kebab Wraps: AI-generated illustration · for illustration.

Gyros Vs Shawarma Vs Donair: AI-generated illustration · for illustration.

Lavash Vs Pita Vs Durum: AI-generated illustration · for illustration.

How To Cook Kebab In The Oven: AI-generated illustration · for illustration.

Metal Vs Wooden Skewers For Kebab: AI-generated illustration · for illustration.

Best Sauce For Kebab: AI-generated illustration · for illustration.

Adana Vs Urfa Kebab: AI-generated illustration · for illustration.

What To Serve With Cevapi: AI-generated illustration · for illustration.

Best Cut For Shish Kebab: AI-generated illustration · for illustration.

How To Marinate Kebab Properly: AI-generated illustration · for illustration.

What Temperature To Cook Kebab: AI-generated illustration · for illustration.

How To Shape Minced Kebab On Skewers: AI-generated illustration · for illustration.

Best Yogurt Sauce For Gyro And Kebab: AI-generated illustration · for illustration.

Kebab Vs Kabob Vs Kabab: AI-generated illustration · for illustration.

Best Side Dishes For Kebab: AI-generated illustration · for illustration.

Shashlik vs Shish Kebab: Meat, Marinade, Cut and Fire Compared: AI-generated illustration · for illustration.

Yaji Suya Spice: Kuli-Kuli, Ratios and How to Make It: AI-generated illustration · for illustration.

Charcoal vs Gas for Kebab: The Heat Matters More Than Smoke: photo by N509FZ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons (cropped).

Reference photographs inside recipe pages

Adana Kebab: Adana kebab.jpg, photo by Anatolianpride. Licence: Public domain. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adana_kebab.jpg

Adana Kebab: Adana kebab with bulgur.jpg, photo by Sandstein. Licence: CC BY 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adana_kebab_with_bulgur.jpg

Adana Kebab: Adana kebab in Ankara.jpg, photo by E4024. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adana_kebab_in_Ankara.jpg

Urfa Kebab: Urfa kebap.jpg, photo by E4024. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urfa_kebap.jpg

Kabab Koobideh: Kabab1.jpg, photo by User:همان. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kabab1.jpg

Kabab Koobideh: Kabab koobideh 2012.10.jpg, photo by Roozitaa. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kabab_koobideh_2012.10.jpg

Kabab Koobideh: Kabab koobideh 2012.jpg, photo by Roozitaa. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kabab_koobideh_2012.jpg

Seekh Kebab: Pakistani gobi aloo, seekh kebab, and beef karahi.jpg, photo by Jess Lander from Culver City, CA, USA. Licence: CC BY 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pakistani_gobi_aloo,_seekh_kebab,_and_beef_karahi.jpg

Seekh Kebab: Seekh Kabab 2.JPG, photo by Miansari66. Licence: CC0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seekh_Kabab_2.JPG

Seekh Kebab: Seekh Kebab.JPG, photo by raasiel. Licence: CC BY 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seekh_Kebab.JPG

Cevapi (Cevapcici): Ćevapčići se peku.JPG, photo by Ippi. Licence: Public domain. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C4%86evap%C4%8Di%C4%87i_se_peku.JPG

Cevapi (Cevapcici): Cevapi s kajmakom.jpg, photo by Christian Paul from Vancouver, Canada. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cevapi_s_kajmakom.jpg

Cevapi (Cevapcici): Ćevapčići Neugilching.jpg, photo by Takeaway. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C4%86evap%C4%8Di%C4%87i_Neugilching.jpg

Souvlaki: Souvlakiplate.jpg, photo by Cifo Buscemi. Licence: CC BY 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Souvlakiplate.jpg

Souvlaki: Souvlaki in Athens.JPG, photo by Miyagawa. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Souvlaki_in_Athens.JPG

Souvlaki: Greek chicken souvlaki merida.jpg, photo by Leeturtle. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greek_chicken_souvlaki_merida.jpg

Authentic Gyros: Pita giros.JPG, photo by Antonio Fajardo i López. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pita_giros.JPG

Authentic Gyros: P1000104-Pita Gyros + Wein.jpg, photo by Manfred&Barbara Aulbach. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P1000104-Pita_Gyros_%2B_Wein.jpg

Authentic Gyros: Lamb Gyros Sydney.jpg, photo by insatiablemunch. Licence: CC BY 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lamb_Gyros_Sydney.jpg

How media is handled

The site owns no photographs of its own. It uses open-licence and public-domain photographs of the named dish, labelled AI illustrations, and plain title cards with the dish name.

Third-party videos are embedded from YouTube, never copied, and each one is credited to the channel that filmed it. Every reused photograph is listed on this page with its author, licence and source.

Corrections

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