Edward Weston – Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Lemon & Parmesan
As one of the great 20th-century photographers, Edward Weston had an expansive 40 year career that established him as an innovative and influential master. Cabbage Leaf (1931) was constructed during a time when Weston had a number of solo exhibitions. He did a series of abstract images of shells exploring their curving lines and fluid...
Ed Ruscha – Slow-Roasted Beets
This recipe was devised as an accompaniment to the previous dish, spatchcock stuffed chicken. By cooking the beets over a long period of time with a low amount of heat, the natural sugars in the vegetable caramelize producing a sweetness which is echoed by the balsamic reduction. This dish almost didn’t make it to the...
Gustave Caillebotte – Spatchcock Stuffed Chicken
The following recipe has been affectionately known by the names ‘Chichcock’, ‘Spatcken’ and ‘The Great Chichicken Debacle’. Conceived and executed with my brilliant friend Mel, the spatchcock stuffed chicken was a two-day affair. Day one consisted of meticulously deboning a small spatchcock, otherwise known as a poussin or juvenile chicken, and a larger adult chicken....
Paul Cézanne – Peppermint Mojitos with Iced Peaches
Three years ago today I posted an entry about Paul Cézanne and a recipe for cherry & nectarine clafouti. It was my very first entry on this site and it seems only fitting that it is included in Feasting on Art’s first major magazine spread. Pick up the April issue of Appetite and you can...
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...
Zhang Daqian – Kimchi Fried Rice with Egg and Seaweed
Kimchi (김치) is a Korean side dish made from a variety of fermented vegetables which dates back thousands of years. Health magazine named it one of the world’s healthiest foods due to its high fibre/low fat/vitamin loaded composition. The kimchi I purchase is made with cabbage in a firey sauce found at our local Asian...
Now Accepting Proposals for ‘Art + Food: Beyond the Still Life’
I am pleased to announce that I will be curating an art + food exhibition in October at Brenda May Gallery. We are now accepting proposals from professional practicing artists in Australia and New Zealand so please read the exhibition brief below and contact the Gallery with any questions or visit the submissions page for further details. Art + Food...
Erwin Wurm – Mustard Seed & Garlic Pickles
Erwin Wurm’s 2008 series Selbstporträt als Gurken features a collection of 26 realistically sculpted and painted pickles placed on white plinths. According to the media release from Jack Hanley Gallery where the works were exhibited in 2010, “On the most basic level, the individuality of the pickles…mock the concept of a singular identity and Realism’s...
Luis Meléndez – Cucumber Finger Sandwiches
Sometimes the lack of a complicated recipe puts a block on all of my writing efforts. I wonder if it is necessary to share a sandwich recipe so simple that essentially it reads, bread, butter and cucumber – assemble. These dainty finger sandwiches were first made by my friend Mel who lined them up on...
Charles Ethan Porter – Spicy Sautéed Corn
I first tried out this corn recipe on my Thanksgiving menu this year. The spicy corn, brightened with a squirt of lime, proved to be the perfect foil to the buttery and rich dishes I tend to make. I adapted the recipe from the food blog Orangette which recommends eating with cheddar and toast, which...
Andy Warhol – Poinsettia Cocktail
In the early 1980’s, Andy Warhol created a number of Poinsettia paintings and screen prints to give as gifts to his friends. The ubiquitous Christmas flower became associated with the holiday in Mexico in the 16th century. As instructed by an Angel, a young girl who couldn’t afford a gift, gathered up some weeds to place...
Albert Anker – Pistachio Cranberry Icebox Cookies
The Swiss painter Albert Anker painted scenes of everyday village life. Over his career he painted over thirty still life paintings of both rural and urban table settings. The painting above illustrates Anker’s affinity with the work of Jean-Siméon Chardin, the still life master that heavily influenced his aesthetic. He sought to make his compositions...