William Scott – Mackerel with Mixed Tomato Salad
The oil painting by William Scott was selected for this post by British artist May van Millingen. Rather than photographing the finished dish, van Millingen created an illustration of a recipe by Jamie Oliver (pictured below) of mackerel with mixed tomato salad. Her illustrations have been commissioned by many leading brands and more of her...
Pieter Bruegel & William Carlos Williams – Grilled Corncobs with Parmesan, Lime & Paprika
Eat This Poem is a new blog that combines food and poetry in much the same way Feasting on Art considers food and art. The website is written by Nicole Gulotta who has an MFA in poetry enabling her to marry beautiful words with delicious food. Working with her on a collaboration only felt natural...
Feasting on Art Recipe Contest II Results
Floris Gerritsz van Schooten, A Still Life of Cheese, c.1585 oil on oak panel, 39.3 x 55.2 cm, Private collection I would like to thank all of the participants in the 2nd recipe contest. I am delighted to announce the winner is Deana of lostpastremembered. Her recipe for cheese toasties with chipotle, dijon mustard and...
Feasting on Art Recipe Contest II
I am pleased to announce the opening of the 2nd annual Feasting on Art Recipe Contest to commemorate the two-year mark of this blog. Between now and March 21st, submit your best cheese recipes to win a cookbook and to help me celebrate another year of food & art! Contest Directions: Create an original recipe...
Raphaelle Peale – Part 2 – Wild Blackberry Jelly
This guest post is by my mother, Julie Fizell. I thought it would be so fun to walk in Megan’s shoes for a while, and she agreed to a guest post. Her father Ed and I quickly decided to make blackberry jelly. We had made strawberry jam several times together and managed to stay married,...
Raphaelle Peale – Part 1 – Wild Blackberry & Honey Frozen Yogurt
Raphaelle Peale exhibited Blackberries (c.1813) twice at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, first in 1814 and then again in 1817. The small painting depicts both ripe and unripe berries in a small shallow bowl. The subject matter is typical for work by Peale who was fond of balancing his still life compositions with...
Feasting on Art Recipe Contest Results
I had a really great time reading all of the entries and am so impressed with the creativity inspired by the Renoir painting. I want to thank you all so much for participating and helping me celebrate the first year of this project. I found it very interesting to see the similarities and differences between...
Henri Matisse – Apple & Shallot Croquettes
As a Midwest girl I was very excited when Chicago blogger Dana from Real Food Rehab sent me an email regarding a collaboration. She very kindly interviewed me for her site and we quickly began to assemble ideas. The Art Institute of Chicago has always been very near and dear to my heart (it houses...
Willem Kalf – Papegaaientongetjes (Parrot Tongues)
The day Ozoz’s package from the Netherlands arrived was a very exciting one, not only because of the delicious caramel cookies but also the beautiful cookbook filled with the things I love. Ozoz writes the food blog Kitchen Butterfly and is one of the most dedicated bloggers I read, posting every other day. She kindly...
Feasting on Art Recipe Contest
Hello friends!! On April 3rd Feasting on Art will be one year old! I am very proud of this site and to celebrate I am holding a recipe competition. To perpetuate the dialogue about food and art I want to get all of my readers involved so don’t be shy, even if you’ve never left...
Edvard Munch – Pink Peppercorn Ice Cream & Bittersweet Chocolate Chip Cookies
I am delighted to introduce my October blog collaborator, Siri from The Transplanted Baker. The title of her blog refers to Siri’s status as an American ex-pat living on the west coast of Norway. We decided to continue with the Norwegian theme with the art selection so we chose the famous painting The Scream by...
Paul Klee – Apple & Red Onion Sauerkraut with Wiener Schnitzel
I am pleased to introduce a new monthly feature to Feasting on Art – blogger recipe collaboration. It is a great way to highlight some of the writers and photographers that I follow and who influence my work. Each collaboration will focus on one painting and two recipes – one sweet and the other savory....