I’ve spent much of my morning trying to find just the right word to describe Corby Kummer’s scathing criticism of tasting menus in the February
Category: Contemporary Food Culture
Can American Chefs Compete?
The U.S. is the home of countless “reality-show” cooking competitions—Top Chef, Iron Chef, Hell’s Kitchen, Chopped, etc. But when it comes to the real thing.
Foodies are the New Blondes
I often stumble across articles, blog post comments, and other assorted sermons decrying America’s discovery of taste and mocking the foodist sentiment that “foodliness” is
Wine Tasting the Guadalupe Valley, Mexico
The land of tequila is now making wine—good wine—and is fast becoming a must-visit destination for wine lovers looking for new regions to explore. I
Solving the Turkey Conundrum
It’s Thanksgiving week and we have house guests which means I’m in the kitchen 24/7. So blogging will be light. But I thought I would
Can’t Anybody Start a Good Food Fight Anymore?
I happened to come across a summary of the Southern Foodways Alliance 2012 Symposium devoted to barbecue the other day, and I was struck by
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 