Meat pie of Louisiana. Natchitoches is a town in Louisiana; the name is pronounced Nack-a-tish. Meat pies are not common in most US cuisine, in contrast to the popular pot pies, though the distinction isn't very well defined. Latin American meat empanadas may be pies or more often pasties; different pastry shells and fillings are used, and they may be baked or fried. Empanadas usually contain lots of onion and green or red pepper, in combination with meat or fish. Empanada dough takes many forms, from those made with cornmeal to puff pastry. Ground beef with olives, fried egg, pulled pork, diced
Figure with Meat Figure with Meat Figure with Meat is a 1954 painting by the Irish-born artist Francis Bacon. The figure is based on the Pope Innocent X portrait by Diego Velázquez; however, in the Bacon painting the Pope is shown as a gruesome figure and placed between two bisected halves of a cow. The carcass hanging in the background is likely derived from Rembrandt's "Slaughtered Ox", 1655. The painting is in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. According to Mary Louise Schumacher of the "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel", "Bacon appropriated the famous portrait, with its subject, enthroned and draped in