Come Dine with Art History: 7 Famous Feasts in Art
Socrates said that “We eat to live, not live to eat” (although his wife must have thought differently since according to legend she was terribly...
Magda Michalska 5 August 2025
Dine & Wine
The Potato in Fine Art
Do you prefer your potatoes in a landscape or in a still life or in a stew? Come with me on a tour of the humble potato in art.
Candy Bedworth 5 August 2025
4 Delicious Still Lifes to (Re)Discover Claude Monet
Amazing Impressionist landscapes, wonderful water lilies, the floral explosion at the famous Giverny garden… But what is perhaps less known...
Andra Patricia Ritisan 5 August 2025
Cook Like an Artist! Kitchen Inspiration from Art History
For hundreds of years, kitchens in art were the undesirable work place of unsavory maids, tucked away below the luxurious living spaces of the upper...
Abreeza Thomas 5 August 2025
Cooking in Pictures—The Food in Art and the Art of Food
Long before Julia Child published Mastering the Art of French Cooking, artists had already made the connection between food and art. But how to...
Ledys Chemin 5 August 2025
Masterpiece Story: Still Life with a Golden Goblet by Pieter de Ring
Why is food such a popular image for art and culture? For millennia it has been a source of inspiration from ancient Roman mosaics through Dutch...
James W Singer 3 August 2025
QUIZ: Whose Fruit Is This?
Theodore Carter 2 August 2025
Paris Bistros: Iconic Places and Space for Art
Is there something more iconic for Paris than its bistros (after the Eiffel Tower, of course)? Let’s have a closer look at the artistic...
Camilla de Laurentis 25 July 2025
Don’t Play with Your Food! Unless It’s Art
I’m sure we’ve all been told not to play with our food as we hide unappetizing peas under a sticky lump of mashed potato. And most parents have...
Candy Bedworth 16 July 2025
Strawberry Paintings Forever
There are very few who dislike strawberries. I love everything about them, from texture, to smell, and taste. Painters also love the way they look,...
Magda Michalska 16 July 2025
The Gift of Pomona—Pears in Art
The pear has been with us since prehistoric times—dried slices have even been unearthed in Swiss cave dwellings from the Ice Age. In so many...
Candy Bedworth 16 July 2025
Meet Asparagus, The King of Vegetables! Not Just for Vegetarians
The season for asparagus is very short as it starts around the 23rd of April (St George’s Day) and lasts only until June. Its special qualities and...
Magda Michalska 16 July 2025
