The finale of the Great British Bake Off 2018 comes to our screens tonight (30 October). The popular TV series, in which amateur bakers battle it out to become Britain's best home cooks, never underestimates the high-skill technical science that baking can sometimes be. Therefore, it’s easy to see why art and cooking are often linked.
From Dürer to Dalí, there have been many figures throughout art history that felt as at home with a palette knife as they did with a palette. When there is such a vast wealth of artists and art historians who have written their own cookbooks, if you fancy yourself as the new Pollock-cum-Paul Hollywood, here are some recipe books to try.