Feasting on Art

The next few posts have been carefully planned to coincide with my parents visiting from the States. I last saw them in June ’08 and I can hardly believe I will have them sitting here with me in my flat tomorrow morning. Needless to say, I am very happy and I decided to make this bread a ‘welcome to Australia’ treat for their arrival. I made it for my friend Cassie when she came to visit me in London and we decided that the lemon glaze is what makes this loaf so special.

Vincent van Gogh, Still Life: Red Poppies and Daisies, 1890
oil on canvas, 65 x 50 cm, Private Collection

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These tasty treats were made for my colleague Laura for her birthday. Happy Birthday Laura! I found a beautiful bottle of rose water and I decided that delicate macarons were the perfect destination for this fragrant ingredient. Rose water is a by-product from the creation of rose oil which is used in perfumes. Found predominantly in Asian and Middle Eastern cooking, it is commonly used to flavour sweets in the west. You can find instructions to make your own brew of rose water here.

Henri Fantin-Latour, Bouquet of Roses, 1885
oil on canvas, 38.9 x 46.3 cm, National Gallery of Canada

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