[Sca-cooks] Food paintings

[Sue Clemenger]

There are a bunch of Flemish paintings with food in them....they're in 
one of my costuming books (as a source for middle class clothing). 
Would you like specifics?
--maire, who's got this reeeeaaally bad image of Olwen doing an 
entrement of a marzipan John-the-Baptist.....[make it go awaaaaay!!!!]

Daniel Myers wrote:

> http://gallery.euroweb.hu/
> 
> Ok, so I'm slowly digging through the above web archive in search of 
> paintings featuring foods (especially pies) and I find myself thinking 
> grumpy thoughts about the painters, such as:
> 
>     "He calls that a banquet?  There's nothing on the table but a half a 
> loaf of bread and an empty glass!"
> 
> 
> What's worse, the more tired I get, the more I'm looking for paintings 
> with titles like:
> 
>     "The Virgin Mary and Child Being Fed a Tart of Cherries"
> 
>     "Saint Sebastian With the Bakers"
> 
> ... and the ever popular ...
> 
>     "Salome Receiving the Head of John the Baptist in a Standing Crust"
> 
> 
> I should probably give up for the night and go to bed, eh?
> 
> - Doc