In honor of National Grilled Cheese Sandwich month. Take starch, spread it with butter and fry so the sugars caramelize and the surface becomes crisp,
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
Terrible Eating
One of the objections to food as art is that food acquires meaning in a fundamentally different way than does art. According to this argument,
Bolla Della Valpolicella Amarone 2008
Is someone who achieves virtue effortlessly a better person that someone who must struggle to achieve it but eventually succeeds? Aristotle thought so. He thought
Amuse Bouche
Balsamic Braised Brisket by Allaya at Food Stories Brazilian chef Alex Atala is on Time Magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in
California Wine Regions and Climate Change: What Can Be Done?
Conservation International’s recent report on the influence of climate change on wine regions contained some disturbing implications for California’s quality grape-growing regions. But the response
Tasting Notes and the Poetry of Wine
That perennially momentous issue, the value of tasting notes, popped up again last week among luminaries of the wine writing guild. Keith Levenberg started the
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 