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Make an octopus dish inspired by Jack Whitten! 🐙 Starting in 1969, Jack Whitten spent every summer in Greece, where he fell in love with the Mediterranean Sea, swimming, fishing, and cooking octopus—and making sculptures with hand-carved wood and found objects. Whitten’s appreciation for octopus even extended beyond the kitchen, inspiring a mosaic he installed in the courtyard of his house in Greece. Chef Mina Stone recreates the artist’s favorite dish using his recipe but also adding in some of her own elements to create a magical plate filled with complex, fresh, can’t-stop-eating-this flavor. “I find that an artist’s recipe is often a direct reflection of their work—just remixed in a different medium. When I think about the DNA of Greek food, olive oil and wine are certainly at the top of the list.”—Mina Stone 🍽️ Read more about Whitten’s favorite recipe on #MoMAMagazine and make the recipe for yourself → mo.ma/4lsZJDr 🗓️ Last chance! See the first retrospective of this pathbreaking artist’s dazzling work through August 2. — [1] Whitten in Agia Galini. 1978. Jack Whitten Estate, courtesy Hauser & Wirth [2] Whitten with his mosaic depicting an octopus, Agia Galini, 2000. Photograph courtesy Jack Whitten Estate and Hauser & Wirth