The big news in the food world this week is that Noma is closing its doors—it is, according to many, the best restaurant in the
Category: Contemporary Food Culture
On Cultural Appropriation
Alfonso Cevola writes about one of my pet peeves—the idea of cultural appropriation. Open an Italian cookbook or history of Italian cooking, and in the
There is Something Wrong with This Picture
Taste Atlas is a website devoted to cataloguing traditional dishes and local ingredients around the world. Each year they publish several lists such as “World’s
The Difference Between Home Cooking and Restaurant Cooking
Is there a fundamental difference between home cooks and restaurant chefs (except for the differences in resources and skill)? Christian Krautkramer in Food and Philosophy:
Do Diners Want Creativity or Just a Good Meal?
It feels like, since the pandemic, the dining scene has been put on hold with restaurants just trying to survive in a difficult environment and
Pet Names and Aesthetic Communities
When I started thinking philosophically about food and wine many years ago, one of the first things I noticed was that the wine world had
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 