Food and drink is like, well, food and drink to pop artists. Consumer goods provide bags of inspiration – not least in his day to American artist and avant-garde film-maker Andy Warhol, born on 6 August 1928.

A devotee of Campbell’s soup – he was quoted as saying it was his lunch every day for 20 years – he immortalised the brand with his key work Campbell’s Soup Cans (blog header pic).

Warhol also had a fascination with Coca-Cola, marvelling how – like his beloved Campbell’s – it always tasted the same. 

The legendary pop artist created as much interest around his tastes in food as in his works. 

"Warhol had an insatiable sweet tooth and a simple recipe when making a cake for himself. . . "You take some chocolate ... and you take two pieces of bread ... and you put the candy in the middle and you make a sandwich of it. And that would be cake."

"The pop artist was a frequent patron of Studio 54, where he could be found drinking Dom Pérignon."

"He collaborated with socialite Suzie Frankfurt in 1959 on a spoof cookbook called Wild Raspberries – mocking the 1957 Swedish movie Wild Strawberries. The book was a limited edition with handwritten – deliberately misspelt – text and childish art."

You can find a couple of recipes by following this link to The Book of Days Tales blog.