Historian Ian Mosby uses cookbooks as a source of information about the lives of women. The cookbook of one Jean Stephenson is especially useful because
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
Waterstone Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 Napa Valley
The playwright Tom Stoppard is credited with saying that “Age is a very high price to pay for maturity”. Most of us who have attained
Amuse Bouche
Painting by Dennis Wojtkiewicz This is sad. Café culture is one of the great achievements of European civilization. But in the collapsing European economies, people
Greatness in a Wine: Is it Personal?
Joe Roberts AKA 1Wine Dude raised the most pressing of philosophical questions. What is greatness in a wine? A good question but Roberts’ answer is
Recipe of the Week: Prodigal Spinach
Elizabeth David’s influence on English cuisine was not unlike the influence of Julia Child in the U.S. In the aftermath of WWII, she brought the
Who Owns A Recipe? Revisiting The Case of the Stolen Egg
The episode has receded from the front pages, reporters are no longer camped on doorsteps, and Attorneys General have disbanded their grand juries, but the
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 