Northshore magazine showcases the best that the North Shore of Boston, MA has to offer.
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200 ood and drink have been rendered since antiquity. Paleolithic art, painted and engraved on caves and rock shelters, depicts deer, wild cattle, horses, and mammoths—the usual quarry of hunters, and therefore food of the period. Egyptian hieroglyphics represent food in myriad ways. The tomb of Ramesses III displays a royal bakery and the ancient bakers' methods of baking. By the Renaissance, the daily ritual of eating and drinking had become a frequent theme. Artists drew inspiration from the natural world and began to incorporate foodstuffs in devotional and secular images. Still lifes of food celebrated harvests and revered natural bounties. Ultimately, art opened a window through which the diets, culinary customs, and eating habits of dif- ferent cultures and people were made visible. Fast-forward to the New World. Artists embraced the newness of the land and captured its culture and cuisine. Later, Ashcan School artist John