News from the world of food and wine that you might have missed this week. Can you taste the difference between Japanese Sake and American
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
Can We Bring Back the Restaurant Review?
The decline of the restaurant review has been well-documented. As newspapers and magazines have cut back their coverage of restaurants, the professional reviewer has largely
Can Wines Be Works of Art?
Most philosophers would say no. Works of art are artifacts designed by human beings to express or represent something. Wines on the other hand are
Budget Wines: Bowtie Barbera D’Asti 2011
Would it be great if all wines were 100-point blockbusters? I don’t think so, even if we could afford them. Powerful, complex wines demand attention.
Amuse Bouche
News from the world of food and wine that you might have missed this week. World War II propaganda is behind the myth that carrots
The Part of the Food Chain We Would Rather Not Discuss
The culinarian food culture in the U.S. now takes the quality of its food seriously, buying organic, local, and seasonal food, while celebrating the artisanal
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 