What's the best meal that you have ever had?
After over a year of lockdowns and social distancing we're all longing for the return of the days when we could gather with friends and family over a good meal.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir's painting, The luncheon of the boating party (1881) is a painting of the most perfect meal that ever was—but you can’t tell what most of it was,” says Phillips Collection Chief Curator Eliza Rathbone. By the time we see the table, all that’s left are a few not-quite-empty bottles of wine and a compotier of fruit such as grapes and pears, perhaps a peach or two. “It’s the end of the meal. And I think that’s one of the reasons why it’s such a beguiling picture. It’s of that time that comes when everyone has had a delicious meal, they’ve all gathered, they’ve focused on the food and now they’re just focusing on each other and this beautiful day and they don’t want it to be over. And we’ve all had those kinds of experiences where you want to linger and those are the best meals we ever have.”
The scene takes place at the Maison Fournaise, an open-air café on the Ile de Chatou where people of all social classes mixed and mingled as they enjoyed their leisure time away from the bustle of the city.
What is the best meal you have ever had? Was it accompanied with beer, wine or other drinks? What drinks stay in your memory?
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