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MarketBasket: Feasting on food art

'Summer' butter all year Traditionally drawn from the nutrient-dense milk from pasture-raised cows, "summer" butter has long been prized for its richer color and flavor. Now Organic Valley brings premium Pasture Butter to market year round. Long-churned in small batches, it has more intense butter flavor and performs better in cooking and baking.

Traditionally drawn from the nutrient-dense milk from pasture-raised cows, "summer" butter has long been prized for its richer color and flavor. Now Organic Valley brings premium Pasture Butter to market year round. Long-churned in small batches, it has more intense butter flavor and performs better in cooking and baking.
Traditionally drawn from the nutrient-dense milk from pasture-raised cows, "summer" butter has long been prized for its richer color and flavor. Now Organic Valley brings premium Pasture Butter to market year round. Long-churned in small batches, it has more intense butter flavor and performs better in cooking and baking.Read more

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Food and Feasting in Art,

fans of both will find art historian Silvia Malaguzzi's overview fascinating. So, too, the many facets of food depicted in hundreds of full-color pictures: Representations of the Last Supper dating back to the 6th century; the peapods, cherries and a wild strawberry that Leonardo da Vinci painted over graphic notes in 1487; and on to Andy Warhol's 20th-century soup cans.

Food and Feasting in Art (Getty), $24.95. At Barnes & Noble and Borders.

- M.M.

'Summer' butter all year

Traditionally drawn from the nutrient-dense milk from pasture-raised cows, "summer" butter has long been prized for its richer color and flavor. Now Organic Valley brings premium Pasture Butter to market year round. Long-churned in small batches, it has more intense butter flavor and performs better in cooking and baking.

Organic Valley Pasture Butter, 8 ounces, $3.69 At Whole Foods, and select retail stores.

Think spring

Brighten dreary winter days with this cheery serving platter from Tag. It's the color of new spring greens, and dishwasher and microwave safe.

Fern platter, $32, from Tag, at Foster's, 399 Market St., 215-925-0950.