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A Cake of Letters for the Season

Karen Resta wrote 1 week ago: Here we have yet another painting with the ubiquitous fly on the loaf of bread. This time I’m … more →

Tags: Art, Culinary, Food Art, Global Food Culture, Seasonal foods, Food, Food History, baking, Desserts

It's All About The Herring7 comments

Karen Resta wrote 1 month ago: Herring with bread, beer, scallions and  . . .  a beetle?? Herring with dried out black bread, a glo … more →

Tags: Art, Food History, Gastronomy, Herring in Art, Philosophy of Art, red herring, Sophistry

I'll Never Think of Basil in the Same Way Again2 comments

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 →

Tags: Art, Food and Meaning, food in art, Isabella, Basil, Keats, Food in Poetry, Herbs, Blood orange

Food Writing Topic #5 - Cooking a Potato With Van Gogh2 comments

Karen Resta wrote 2 months ago: Van Gogh painted ‘The Potato Eaters’ (along with other compositions centered on the pota … more →

Tags: Agriculture, Art, Current Affairs, Food, Food Art, Food Culture, Food History, Food Media, Gastronomy

I Would Not Eat an Axolotl

Karen Resta wrote 10 months ago: I would not eat an axolotl For fear he’d get stuck in my throatl It wouldn’t matter that … more →

Tags: Food Culture, Food, Eating, food poetry, axolotl

When Food Gets a Life 7 comments

Karen Resta wrote 10 months ago: How do we think of food? We think of it as something to eat, of course. We think of it as pretty pic … more →

Tags: Food Literature, Food, MFK Fisher, Food Writing, Literature, haruki murakami, Mark Helprin

Big Fish Eat Little Fish - Van der Heyden Views Dinner2 comments

Karen Resta wrote 10 months ago: ‘Big Fish Eat Little Fish’ 1557 – Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Breughel the … more →

Tags: Eating, Food, Food Art, Food Culture, Recipes, Food and Philosophy, Food and Proverbs, food in art, Lent and Fish

Oops. Do excuse me! It's dear old Svankmajer.2 comments

Karen Resta wrote 10 months ago: Wiki Doodle Dandy has this to say about the dear man: Švankmajer’s trademarks include very exa … more →

Tags: Food Art, Food Media, Food, Eating, Surrealism, Surrealism in Food, svankmajer

Food as 'Grist for the Mill of Symbolization' - A Meaty Read

Karen Resta wrote 11 months ago: Finding a vocabulary for meaning, within the subject of food, is not as easy as making a souffle. Fo … more →

Tags: food philosophy, Food


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