Paintings provide a visual feast

You can find food not only in restaurants and markets but also inside museums. Before the weather keeps us outdoors for months, take a spin through the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and figure out what's cooking on the walls.

March 29, 2012 at 6:15PM
Gallery 351, with the John Singer Sargent painting "The Birthday Party" is viewed by the kid�s tour from Eisenhower Elementary School, Hopkins. [TOM WALLACE � twallace@startribune.com _ Assignments #20022467A_ March 15, 2011_ SLUG: art0322_ EXTRA INFORMATION: The kids were on a school MIA tour.
A group of students view John Singer Sargent's "The Birthday Party" in Gallery 351 of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

When it comes to paintings of festive, candle-covered birthday cakes, or a seafood dinner that looks good enough to eat, curator Erika Holmquist-Wall is the ultimate insider docent. Follow along as she guides us on a special up-close-and-personal tour of food-related treasures in the museum's permanent collection. These nine aren't the only pieces of food-related art at the museum. See if you can find the others. Admission? It's free.

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Rick Nelson joined the staff of the Star Tribune in 1998. He is a Twin Cities native, a University of Minnesota graduate and a James Beard Award winner. 

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