Wine consumption in the United States has stalled—if not slid quietly down the hill it once climbed with such aspirational fervor. Analysts point to many
Category: Contemporary Food Culture
Decadence as Destiny
In the opening pages of The Table Comes First, Adam Gopnik offers a simple but unsettling image: a condemned prisoner eating his last meal. And
Whither Gastronomy?
The French connoisseur, Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, was the first to publish a book on gastronomy: The Physiology of Taste published in 1825. Of course, we knew
Charlie the Tuna Had a Point
That reference surely dates me as well as anyone else who gets it. Charlie the Tuna was a mascot for Starkist way back in the
We Don’t Eat to Live; We Live to Eat
The pursuit of flavor is a path to a good life. But it took Americans a long time to realize it. Any discussion of food’s
What We Get Wrong about Wine and Food Pairings
Eric Asimov has an, as usual, thoughtful article on wine and food pairings at Swurl Media. His complaint is that we’ve made it far too
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 