Last week brought news of the first acquisition for Pinterest, the newest big player in the social media/promotion game. The company’s first get is a recipe bookmarking site called Punchfork (haha), and we feel like the two might just be a perfect pair.

We’ve all noted how Pinterest provided new life to visually-oriented lifestyle magazines like Martha Stewart Living, Cooking Light and Real Simple. What do these titles have in common? Recipes–lots of ‘em, presented in impeccable style.

According to Wired, Punchfork made a name for itself by “pull[ing] recipes from popular food blogs”, organizing them in a Pinterest-inspired layout and allowing users to search by item and filter by factors like ingredients or dietary needs.

The Punchfork site will soon shut down; its founder and CEO has already moved to Pinterest and will devote his future time to ensuring that the pin site remains the king of online recipes.

Our take? This acquisition reinforces the fact that any and every food-related property–be it a cooking site like Serious Eats, a major magazine like Southern Living or a top restaurant/chef that occasionally shares recipes–needs to get on Pinterest, pronto. In fact, we feel confident in saying that even the finest restaurants could benefit from sharing some simple how-tos with the public.

In other words, PR pros with food industry clients should take note. Oh, and while we’re on the topic, here are our 12 Pinterest Tips from Magazine Pros.