Kicker: Plated or painted?

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LINDSAY MAST, HOST: When is dinner more than dinner? Denmark wants to know. 

The country’s culture minister is exploring whether gastronomy should officially count as art.

One chef says his elaborate tasting menus are designed for more than a full stomach.

CHEF: We also convey messages through our food. So our food is our medium of expressing ourselves.

Yeah, but not everyone’s convinced. One Danish art critic says the whole debate is one big category mistake.

CRITIC: Art is art. Gastronomy is gastronomy. But it's not like a very good bicycle turns into a car. It doesn't happen.

Denmark’s parliament would have the final say. But if the idea passes, Danish chefs could one day have the same cultural cachet as painters or opera singers. 

Meaning the next masterpiece in Copenhagen might be plated instead of painted.

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