Italiano
Chef’s hat
It is interesting how the universally recognized symbol to indicate the Chef is neither a plate of steaming food, nor pots or pans, nor...
05
May
Tag Archives: art
27
Mar
AI’s last supper
Someone asked AI to generate a selfie of Christ's last supper.
Now...
...it would be stupid to point out the anachronisms in such a...
16
Jan
Justice for the Apple!
You remember that story, I guess: God cast Adam and Eve out of Eden. The couple were guilty of having eaten the forbidden fruit from th...
12
Jan
The first Food-Photographer ever
As far as we know, this is the first "food pic" ever taken. Or maybe it's better to talk about "food daguerreotype"...
This ante-lit...
20
Sep
Last Supper’s menu
Among all the artistic works depicting meals, the most famous is certainly "The Last Supper" by Leonardo Da Vinci.
As you well know,...
08
Sep
Cook’s stress
Working as a cook has always been stressful.
And, once again, the proof comes from a work of art.
"Trinkender Koch" (a drinking coo...
31
Aug
A pretty expenive Salt Cellar
The most valuable tableware article ever?
A salt cellar!
Well, perhaps it is more appropriate to speak of sculpture, despite the sm...
30
Aug
Carrots’colour
What color are carrots?
Well, the answer isn't that simple...
They can be orange, or yellow, white, purple, black...
The externa...
26
Aug
Arcimboldo’s dishes
One of the most eccentric artists of the sixteenth century was certainly the Italian painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Arcimboldo was fam...
05
Aug
Campi’s kitchen
This is what a professional kitchen must have looked like in 1580.
Two men quarter a calf, two women make pasta with a rolling pin, ...
