Two Women Cooking (Pieter Aertsen) He turns the spit who never tasted a morsel from it. Proverbes en Rimes, no. 117. Continuing our salute to cooks this holiday season (Thanksgiving), today’s po… more →
Gherkins & TomatoesCynthia Bertelsen wrote 1 week ago: Two Women Cooking (Pieter Aertsen) He turns the spit who never tasted a morsel from it. Proverbes en … more →
Cynthia Bertelsen wrote 2 weeks ago: Disgruntled Cook, 1855 (From: Forrester's Pictorial Miscellany for the Family Circle) Sir Thomas … more →
grazenotes wrote 3 weeks ago: This link appeals to both the foodie and the fibre artist in me. Amazing what you can do with a few … more →
Karen Resta wrote 1 month ago: Basil. The royal herb. The aromatic genius of the kitchen. The leaf of choice, the taste most lovely … more →
Karen Resta wrote 1 month ago: If you were hoping to find Marcus Funghi M.D. he is not here. His office hours have been shortened. … more →
Cynthia Bertelsen wrote 1 month ago: The Metamorphosis of Narcissus The egg it is where it was at for Spanish surrealist painter Salvador … more →
Karen Resta wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been invited to four different dinners, all on the same evening. Please help me! I need t … more →
Karen Resta wrote 2 months ago: Unless hours were cups of sack, and minutes capons, and clocks the tongues of bawds, and dials the s … more →
Cynthia Bertelsen wrote 9 months ago: [Note: I will be tied up with family arrangements for the next week or so; thus, blogs posts from no … more →
Cynthia Bertelsen wrote 9 months ago: Giuseppe Arcimboldo One of the most intriguing artists I know of went by the name of Giuseppe Arcim … more →
Karen Resta wrote 10 months ago: ‘Big Fish Eat Little Fish’ 1557 – Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Breughel the … more →
Cynthia Bertelsen wrote 10 months ago: Artist Maira Kalman turned the Inauguration of 2009 into an artistic rendition of universal experien … more →
Karen Resta wrote 1 year ago: One of the great things about Gastronomica is that Darra Goldstein knows a lot about art. What I mea … more →
alethakuschan wrote 1 year ago: Here’s an example of Paul Cezanne’s use of multiple contours in this detail of a paint … more →
alethakuschan wrote 1 year ago: What a beautiful clay pitcher. I had forgotten I even owned the jug. After I found the painting st … more →
alethakuschan wrote 1 year ago: In the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Richard Dreyfuss playing the role of Everyman … more →