Well, it is finally here. After 2 years of preparation, unloading a lifetime’s accumulation of possessions, and 1 year of learning the ins and outs of living in a box on wheels, Edible Arts is finally hitting the road. On Wednesday, we hitch up our RV and leave San Diego for a few weeks in Arizona, and then on to the wine regions of Oregon and Washington before returning to California so I can teach my classes in the Spring.
The quest is to discover the glorious particularities of American regional foods and wines . Think of it as the anthropological side of Edible Arts. That means a new website to keep up. Called Roving Decanter, I will be posting my travel articles there while continuing to post the “thought” pieces here. When there is overlap I will post at both sites.
Some people claim that the anticipation of a journey is better than the real thing. The problem with the real journey is that you have to bring yourself along, a complication the anticipation often leaves out. It is not at all clear how someone accustomed to the regularities of hours in front of a keyboard will take to the contingencies of a life in constant motion. But journeys are meant to answer such questions.
At any rate, it is all in the interest of science. So much in modern life is standardized, homogeneous, a one-size-fits-all attempt to detach the median person from her wallet. Does the uniqueness of place have a place anymore in the U.S? I suspect it does if you look hard enough. We will be searching for that sense of place in American wines and foods.
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 
Love it! It’s all for science, afterall.