A 17-century painting by Giovanni Stanchi. Does a sliced watermelon in a mid-17th century Italian painting reveal how breeding and genetic modification have altered food’s physical properties over ...

Maurice Richard Grosser learned to read Homer and hunt squirrel under the tutelage of the late William Robert (“Old Sawney”) Webb, white-bearded, tobacco-chewing Confederate veteran, classicist and ...

Dutch artist Geke Wouters has created a stunning collection of paper-thin bowls made from carrots, peppers, beet root, leeks, tomatoes, and other vegetables. Each delicate piece of edible art is made ...

Phoenix artist Sandra Marshall accepted the challenge. A few years later, she has a three-book deal, a growing social-media fandom, a collection of remarkable food art photos and children who eat ...

It's often said you first eat with your eyes, but one Australian artist is reimagining how we look at food. Mundane Matters is the project of Danling Xiao, a Sydney-based artist who transforms fruits ...