to explore some key works of art that raise these and other issues. I enjoy a good meal, but Tom sees food with the refined eyes of a critic. We looked at six iconic paintings and prints ...

Painter Noah Verrier has a very intimate relationship with his subject matter. Because, more often than not, he eats it. "I ...

This story appears in the February 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Social media is an endless feed of food—drawings in cappuccino foam, artfully staged overstuffed hamburgers.