The Great British Art Bake Off: As Edible Masterpieces returns, here are 11 cakes inspired by artworks
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A year after former Great British Bake Off winner Frances Quinn launched Edible Masterpieces, the competition to recreate art with food returns. Here are 11 of the best
© Photo: Maja Smend. Food styling: Kim Morphew. Prop styling: Lydia Brun A cheese carving inspired by Auguste Rodin's The Kiss (1901-4)
© Photo: Maja Smend. Food styling: Kim Morphew. Prop styling: Lydia Brun Georgia Levy's Sarah Lucas, Self-portrait with Eggs in gingerbread
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© Photo: Maja Smend. Food styling: Kim Morphew. Prop styling: Lydia Brun Levy's Jackson Pollock – Autumn Rhythm (no. 30)
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© Photo: Maja Smend. Food styling: Kim Morphew. Prop styling: Lydia Brun A bread carving inspired by Barbara Hepworth's Pelagos (1946)
© Photo: Maja Smend. Food styling: Kim Morphew. Prop styling: Lydia Brun Levy's Wedgwood shortbread
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© Photo: Maja Smend. Food styling: Kim Morphew. Prop styling: Lydia Brun Ploughman's Van Gogh
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© Photo: Maja Smend. Food styling: Kim Morphew. Prop styling: Lydia Brun twitter.com/the7stars David Hockney's A Bigger Splash
© Ann Johnson Photo: Maja Smend. Food styling: Kim Morphew. Prop styling: Lydia Brun Inspired by Roy Lichtenstein
© Photo: Maja Smend. Food styling: Kim Morphew. Prop styling: Lydia Brun A jelly bean display inspired by Julian Opie's Alex, bassist. Dave, drummer. Graham, guitarist. Damon, singer (2000)
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© Photo: Maja Smend. Food styling: Kim Morphew. Prop styling: Lydia Brun A flapjack inspired by Edvard Munch's The Scream (1893)
© Photo: Maja Smend. Food styling: Kim Morphew. Prop styling: Lydia Brun A chocolate display inspired by Richard Long's South Bank Circle (1991)
What do you think? Leave a comment below.Three places to learn about food history in:Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry, CumbriaCoinciding with Kendal's successful Festival of Food, A Taste of Lakeland, located on the museum's street scene, lets you feast your
eyes as you learn about the food traditions of the Lake District and the
stories that surround them. Until September 7 2015.
National Library of Scotland, EdinburghCurrent exhibition Lifting the Lid: 400 years of food and drink in Scotland uses a variety of material - including manuscripts, books,
household accounts, tradesmen’s bills and amateur and government
films about food - to contrast the richness and diversity of Scotland’s
larder with the myths and traditions associated with its food. Until November 8 2015.
Science Museum, LondonFind out about dibblers, seed drills, clod-crushers and junglebusters in the Agriculture gallery and see how the working life of an arable farm changes as the seasons
unfold. Examine an original Ferguson tractor and operate a cut-away
combine harvester yourself.
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