This past fall ARTS&FOOD® conducted an interview with Michael McClellan, Professor Butter Beard, a baker extraordinaire, art historian, and theater producer. Interview by Jack Atkinson. ———- Jack – Hello, Michael McClellan, I’m Jack Atkinson editor of ARTS&FOOD®. From your phone number, I am assuming you are in New Jersey? Michael – I live just outside […]
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For these fancy flatbreads, use puff pastry*, cherry & grape tomatoes, grilled onions, plus sunny side up eggs (all seasoned your way)! *We used Pillsbury Crescent Rolls with two triangles left intact and baked them flat with sliced mini-tomatoes on top at 350* for 15 minutes (checking to see if they were browned before removing […]
(above: “Bored Ape” an NFT) Art is Changing through NFTs, the Ethereum blockchain, and through art exhibitions within the Metaverse. What is next–the future is changing in real-time, all around us. ARTS&FOOD® online is your answer. Our site focuses on Art, Food, and The Good Life, enhanced by all of the humanities. Our slogan is […]
A wonderful series of books we have been working on for quite some time are in the works, and be available on Amazon early next year. We have seen the published proofs and final corrections are now in progress. We will let you know when they are available! We are so excited, Three books […]
Legacies of Exchange: Chinese Contemporary Art from the Yuz Foundation Featuring Ai Weiwei, Huang Yong Ping, Wang Guangyi, Xu Bing, Yue Minjun and more, Legacies of Exchange: Chinese Contemporary Art from the Yuz Foundation brings together works of Chinese contemporary art created in response to international trade, political conflict, and global artistic exchange. Pulled from the Yuz […]
Paintings from the seventeenth-century Dutch Golden Age have been a highlight of The Met collection since the Museum’s earliest days. This exhibition presents sixty-seven of the Museum’s greatest artworks in fresh combinations—including paintings by Rembrandt, Hals, and Vermeer—to shine a new light on this remarkable chapter of art history. Dutch paintings of the seventeenth century—the […]
In Praise of Painting – Dutch Masterpieces at the Met Paintings from the seventeenth-century Dutch Golden Age have been a highlight of The Met collection since the Museum’s earliest days. This exhibition presents sixty-seven of the Museum’s greatest artworks in fresh combinations—including paintings by Rembrandt, Hals, and Vermeer—to shine a new light on this remarkable […]
NOSTALGIA HAS BEEN FORCED UPON US – AND IT’S SO MUCH FUN! Covid turned back the clock, slowed things down, gave us fewer options for eating and we also started working from home and attending zoom school at home! So cooking at home became the norm again, and families gathered around the dinner table took […]
Old School Drive-Ins where you got out of the car and walked up to a window to order, can still be found in off the beaten path in America. On a recent road trip through middle America we were on the hunt for mom & pop – hole-in-the-wall eateries. This is where everything is real […]










