[Sca-cooks] Divinity-like candy from Nostradamus

[Elise Fleming]

Stefan asked, and Talana answered, a question about Nostradamus's pine 
nut candy.  Years ago the Cleveland Museum of Art displayed a painting 
that I thought contained a depiction of this sweet.  The painting was 
"Still Life with Sweets", 1622, by Juan van der Hamen, a Spanish 
painter. (He's also listed on other art works as Juan van de Hamen y 
Leo'n".  Amica, on the internet, includes this in their description: 
"The rectangular cakes on the plates are made of almonds and hazelnuts; 
the white squares are concoctions of pine nuts and sugar."

You can find an image online at:
http://www.clevelandart.org/explore/

Type in either the painter's name or the title of the painting.

Alys Katharine

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Elise Fleming
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