[Sca-cooks] Food paintings

[Elaine Koogler]

Well, you are not by yourself. Check out Gillian Riley's "Painters & 
Food: Renaissance Recipes"...lots of paintings that include foods!

Kiri

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
>
>

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