Essayist M.F.K. Fisher once wrote: “Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures.”
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
September’s Newsletter
The Newsletter for September has been sent to subscribers. Entitled Habits and Heresy the issue concerns food rules, their contribution to social identity, and the
“Crying Wolf” over Red Meat
One of my pet peeves is how science is reported in the press. Sensationalism sells. Eyeballs are all that matter, so we get disturbing and
Wine Review: Gutzler 2008 Blanc de Noir (White Pinot Noir)
A white Pinot Noir? A red wine posing as a white wine. And from Germany no less, which is not prime pinot country. Poseurs are
Amuse Bouche
News from the world of food and wine that you might have missed this week. 100% of adults surveyed think the type of spirit you
People With No Taste Shouldn’t Write about Food or Wine
One of my favorite pastimes is exposing Roger Scruton’s senseless twaddle about taste, which he deploys in the service of denying the artistry of food
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 