Archive - Weekly Special

...And We're Back!

with 50-year-old margarine, controversial bananas, fermented paintings, scavenged cocktail bars, ceramic Brie, and more! 🧈🍌🧀

Dec 9 •

August 2023

Remembering Claes Oldenburg: Burger Edition

Sun's out, bun's out ☀️ 🍔 Plus food-art news from around the world

Aug 1, 2023 •

June 2023

Maximalist Gnarliness: An Interview with Artist Daniel Giordano

Join us on a journey to Daniel's zany world of deep-fried motocross bikes, plasticized prosciutto, and mummified cannolis, now on view at MASS MoCA 🏍️…

Jun 12, 2023 •

May 2023

Deconstructing [Salmon]

Guest writer Aaron Gonsher delves into the color story behind Cooking Sections' book and exhibition project "Salmon: A Red Herring" 🐟

May 9, 2023 •

April 2023

Material Horror: Art Fair Faves 2023

Papier-mâché hot dogs 🌭 portraits made of Wonder bread 🍞 mayo-jar bongs 💨 and hairy cheese 🧀 ~ seriously, what more could anyone want in this life?

Apr 18, 2023 •

February 2023

Digging in the (Orange) Crates

Ben Sakoguchi's long-running series of paintings based on vintage orange crate labels, plus an orange-based recipe from a new memoir 🍊

Feb 22, 2023 •

January 2023

Food-Art in the Archives

An interview with MoMA archives assistant Molly Lieberman, plus: loads of food-art exhibitions and people who staple bread to trees 🌲🍞🔨

Jan 10, 2023 •

December 2022

Rediscovering Wayne Thiebaud

A tribute to America's most beloved painter of foodstuffs, one year after his passing at the age of 101 🍰

Dec 26, 2022 •

November 2022

The First Ever Weekly Special Holiday Gift Guide!

Food-art gifts for friends and family of all ages 🥐 🌽 🍄 ✨

Nov 29, 2022 •

October 2022

Fall Smörgåsbord, 2022 Edition

Sexy oysters, food exhibitions in NYC, AI-generated food-art, and more!

Oct 10, 2022 •

August 2022

Remembering Pop Icon Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022)

Paying homage to the man behind the biggest baked potatoes of the last century 🥔 🙌

Aug 17, 2022 •

July 2022

Plush Sausage Dreams Fulfilled

The second half of my New York recap, complete with pizzelle-encrusted sculptures, bagel-and-lox ornaments, and yes, plush sausages. And a bonus recipe…

Jul 13, 2022 •

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