Andy Warhol’s Odd Relationship With Food

As the artist-superstar, who grew up poor, once wrote: “Food is my great extravagance. I really spoil myself, but then I try to compensate … My conscience won’t let me throw anything out, even when I don’t want it for myself. … I’ll buy a huge piece of meat, cook it up for dinner, and then right before it’s done I’ll break down and have what I wanted for dinner in the first place – bread and jam. I’m only kidding myself when I go through the motions of cooking protein: all I ever really want is sugar.”