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Smothered Pork Chops with Onion Gravy over Rice.

These Smothered Pork Chops and Onion Gravy reminds me of the food we used to get at our local mom and pop cafeteria when I was growing up. Comfort Food at it’s finest! Mmmmmm! ———- Smothered Pork Chops Recipe Recipe Ingredients: 3 pork chops, 3/4 inch thick 1 1/2 onions, thinly sliced 2 teaspoons seasoned […]

FOOD – Greek Rice & Lemon Soup with Beans & Tomatoes

Avgolemono Soup – “Ahvo-lemono”, as the Greeks pronounce it, is a silky, rich, fragrant soup—often with chicken in it. Greek-style avgolemono soup is a lemon, egg, and rice concoction. We started our original soup creation with the idea of an avgolemono soup dancing in our head but adding a Cuban accent with a spicy black […]

An interview with Buddhist, Bearded, Baker & Art Historian: Professor Butter Beard

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 […]

FOOD – EASY, FANCY, FLATBREAD for BREAKFAST

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 […]

The Humanites – Those things only human animals do.

(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 […]

Chinese Contemporary Art at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

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 […]

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 chapter of art history. Dutch paintings of the seventeenth century—the […]