Faye Makes Food

— food & art pairings —

Ramp and chive blossom pizza beside Pissarro's painting of a tree-lined country path near Pontoise

Ramp & Chive Blossom Pizza with Pisarro's "Côte des Grouettes, near Pontoise"

with Côte des Grouettes, near Pontoise, Camille Pissarro

Pistachio-topped baklava in a white baking dish beside Jules Coignet's sunlit painting View of Beirut

Baklava with Jules Coignet's "View of Beirut" (1844)

with View of Beirut, Jules Coignet

Zucchini bread in a glass loaf pan beside Gyzis' painting of a woman in white reading a large book

Zucchini Bread with Nicholas Gyzis' "Portrait of the Artist's Daughter Penelope" (1893)

with Portrait of the Artist's Daughter Penelope, Nickolas Gyzis

Pot roast with carrots and potatoes on an Iznik-pattern plate beside a red, blue and green Iznik tile

Pot Roast with Iznik Tile, ca. 1578

with Tile with Floral and Cloud-band Design, Iznik, Turkey

Strawberry-topped layer cake with pink whipped frosting beside a red and white Lepanto panel by Cy Twombly

Strawberry Cake with Cy Twombly's "Lepanto" (2001, Panel 9/12)

with Lepanto, Panel 9, Cy Twombly

Two orange crocks of baked sweet potato mash beside a vintage postcard of orange California poppies

Sweet Potato, Orange & Cayenne Mash

with The California Poppy, a Muir Woods vintage postcard

Seared green beans with toasted almonds on a white plate beside a close-up of a painted marble Kore face

Seared Green Beans

Right: photograph of a portion of the Kore ( Greek : κόρη "maiden") sculpture No. 684, ca. 490 B.C., Acropolis Museum

Homemade apple sauce in a ceramic bowl beside Paul Cézanne's painting Basket of Apples

Homemade Apple Sauce

with Basket of Apples, Paul Cézanne, 1895

Two mango lassis topped with cardamom asterisks beside Kurt Vonnegut's yellow asterisk print Yellow Portal

Mango Lassi

Right: Yellow Portal , Kurt Vonnegut, two-color silkscreen on white Rising Stonehenge deckle edge cotton paper, 11 x 15 inches. Screenprint by Joe Petro III. Signed in pencil by Vonnegut, 2006, Edition 17 of 50.

Seared pattypan squash with tomatoes and feta beside Charlie Chaplin among giant gears in Modern Times

Pattypan Squash

Right: Still frame from Modern Times , written & directed by Charlie Chaplin, 1936

Baked stuffed tomatoes and peppers in a baking dish beside Steve McCurry's Afghan Girl portrait of Sharbat Gula

Greek Stuffed Tomatoes & Peppers

Right: Afghan Girl , Steve McCurry (Sharbat Gula pictured), 1985, published on the cover of National Geographic in 1985

A slice of pastitsio beside a still of Melina Mercouri dancing in the film Never on Sunday

"Pastitsio" | Baked Greek Lasagna with Meat Sauce & Béchamel

Right: The musical score by Manos Hadjidakis to the film Never on Sunday by Jules Dassin (1960)

Apple custard topped with red clover petals beside Frank Stella's circular painting Sinjerli Variation I

Pommes Normande en Belle Vue (Apple Custard in Caramel Mold)

with Sinjerli Variation 1, Frank Stella

Black-eyed peas and collards with bacon in a white bowl beside Berenice Abbott's photograph of a mirror covered in eyes

Black Eyed Peas & Collards

with The Parabolic Mirror Has a Thousand Eyes, Berenice Abbott

A plate of melomakarona with crushed walnuts beside Nikiforos Lytras's painting Calanda of children caroling

Melomakarona (Honey Walnut Cookies)

with Calanda, Nikiforos Lytras

Spaghetti with caramelized Brussels sprouts in a white bowl beside a copy of Thoreau's Where I Lived, and What I Lived For

Spaghetti with Caramelized Brussels Sprouts

with Where I Lived and What I Lived For, Henry David Thoreau

Sesame-topped feta hand pies on a wooden board beside Degas's green and gold monotype Forest in the Mountains

Feta Cheese Hand Pies

with Forest in the Mountains, Edgar Degas

Lettuce and dill salad in a glass bowl beside Per Kirkeby's green abstract painting Soft Lapping Waves, Green

Lettuce & Dill Salad

with Soft Lapping Waves, Green, Per Kirkeby

Strawberry yogurt popsicles in a bowl beside Wayne Thiebaud's painting of three gumball machines

Strawberry Yogurt Popsicles

with Three Machines, Wayne Thiebaud

Sliced beets with goat cheese and walnuts on a white plate beside Henri Fantin-Latour's painting Chrysanthemums

Beets with Goat Cheese & Toasted Walnuts

with Chrysanthemums, Henri Fantin-Latour

A mug of chamomile tea with a lemon slice beside Tenniel's tinted illustration of Alice at the Mad Tea Party

Chamomile Tea

with Mad Tea Party, Sir John Tenniel

Plate of fennel croquettes with yogurt beside photos from TAMA magazine of Tinos dovecotes and yellow wild fennel

Fennel Croquettes

with TAMA Magazine, Issue 1

Eggs baked in tomato sauce with feta and herbs in a cast iron skillet beside Rothko's orange and navy No. 14

Shakshukha with Mark Rothko's No. 14 (1960)

with No. 14, Mark Rothko