The idea that there are four basic tastes—sour, salty, bitter, and sweet—was widely accepted until 2002 when the taste receptors for glutamate were discovered which gives
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
Hipsters And Food
This article in the Guardian, “The end of the hipster: how flat caps and beards stopped being so cool” got me thinking about current trends
Ingredient List for Wines?
Andrew Jeffords of Decanter Magazine has a beef: If you add acid to a tin of tomatoes, you have to fess up. If you
Altipiano Tempranillo NV California
The culture of wine signifies romance. From the idyll of the farming life, to the artisan winemaker coaxing a palette of flavors out of her
Budget Wine: Domaine Bousquet Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 Tupungato Valley Mendoza
Another wine that requires some patience to appreciate. It had a distracting metallic aroma when first opened that gradually dissipates as the wine aerates and
Your Coffee and You
This is hilarious. Entitled “What Your Coffee Order Says About You”, the writer proceeds to identify a unique personality description for every variation on the
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 