A palimpsest is a manuscript on which the original writing has been erased to make room for new writing but of which traces of the
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
Should We Stop Talking about Terroir?
Before Meininger’s International stopped publishing last week, Robert Joseph, the Devil’s Advocate, published a piece there in which he implored people who sell wine to
Food Writing and Messy Materiality
There is a particular incantatory tone that haunts much of contemporary food writing—a metaphysical streak dressed in lyrical finery. You know the type. It speaks
Why Appellations Matter—but Maybe Not So Much
There’s a reason why a wine lover can recall the shape of a bottle or the slope of a vineyard long before they can conjure
The Dilemma of Deliciousness: When Taste Outruns Meaning
There’s a peculiar kind of failure that befalls the gastronomic thinker—not a failure of taste, but of attention. It happens, perversely, in the presence of
Is Wine Art? Yes, If You Want Wine to Have a Future
In case you haven’t heard the bad news, wine is in trouble. Not necessarily the weather-ravaged vineyards or the climate-anxious growers—though they have their problems—but
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 