The online magazine Aeon has a long meditation by food writer Nicola Twilley on the virtues and vices of Soylent, the food substitute that has
Category: Contemporary Food Culture
Disgusting or Just Unpleasant?
Food culture writer Sara Davis asks an intriguing series of questions (i.e. intriguing if you like thinking about the pleasures of food) Is there such
Fast, Fast Food
I’ve been known to complain about fast-food nation, although fast food has it’s place in lives as busy as ours. But if you’re going to
Barbecue Country!
We’re leaving the Finger Lakes behind heading South before the weather turns cold—that’s barbecue country. Well, just about every region of the U.S. is now
The Taste of the Finger Lakes: Cornell Chicken with Salt Potatoes
One of the paradoxes of seeking out traditional regional foods is that restaurants often don’t serve them. If a dish has been around a long
Remembering Moosewood
Memories of the days when vegetarianism was the new, hot, hip thing are quickly fading. But one enduring image is of the thick, earth-toned, handwritten,
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 