Published initially at Three Quark Daily. In a culture oscillating between dietary asceticism and culinary spectacle—fasts followed by feasts, detox regimens bracketed by indulgent food
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
In Praise of the Wandering Palate
This essay entitled “The Wine Drinker as Flâneur” by Jason Wilson is the most pleasurable piece of wine writing I’ve encountered in quite a while.
Flavors That Offend: The Aesthetic Function of Disgust
The culinary world thrives on pleasure and refinement. But some of the most revered dishes flirt deliberately with revulsion. From stinky tofu’s fetid allure to
Jefford’s Stinker about Minerality
I have great admiration for Andrew Jefford. His columns are invariably insightful, thoughtful, and well written. Or at least that used to be the case.
The Aesthetic Politics of the Tasting Menu
When you accept a tasting menu at a fine‑dining institution, you are entering into a contract of taste, trust, and surrender. It is not merely
Wine Without Context is Wine Half-Tasted
In wine circles, blind tasting is treated as a kind of moral high ground. You conceal the label, obscure the origin, hide the grape and
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 