What depictions of food have you enjoyed in the fine arts?

In the film Babette’s Feast, the sumptuous meal Babette prepares includes turtle soup and quail in puff pastry. Although only one guest is sophisticated enough to recognize the fine spread, the meal serves to nourish everyone present and even to somehow restore relationships and redeem broken lives.

In 1962, Andy Warhol succeeded in turning Campbell’s Soup into controversial fine art when he painted every one of Campbell’s 32 soups and forever connected his name and fame to the red and white label.

In The Trumpet of the Swan, the children’s book by E.B White, the trumpeter swan who is staying overnight at the Ritz, orders watercress sandwiches, but only eats the watercress since he doesn’t care for bread.

And we can’t forget the Very Hungry Caterpillar who gobbled his way through one apple, two pears, three plums, four strawberries, five oranges, chocolate cake, an ice cream cone, pickle, Swiss cheese, salami, lollipop, cherry pie, sausage, cupcake, watermelon, and 1 green leaf.

I can’t even think of a sauce to top that off.

But I think some Lemon Herb dressing would have helped the watercress.