The Daily Feast is the fruit of a joyous collaboration between old friends, Sonoma painter Chester Arnold and Berkeley poet Bart Schneider. In the midst of the pandemic, unable to meet at their usual lunch spot, they decided to make a book entirely focused on food and drink. Arnold brings his wit and old master fidelity to droll paintings of TV dinners, oysters on the half shell, and pineapple upside-down cakes. Schneider’s riffs on garlic, gefilte fish, and Green Goddess dressing are both personal and imaginative. This series of conversations across disciplines involves the heady vapors of kitchens, as well as lush meals enjoyed at a variety of tables. The book opens like a restaurant you’ve always hoped to go to and offers beguiling choices for each course.