The “Food is the New Rock” meme has received a lot of discussion (here and here), I guess because of this NY Times report on
Category: Contemporary Food Culture
The Future Is Now
I’m disappointed that I never got my jetpack, promised to denizens of the future in the animated sitcom The Jetson’s from 1962. But as a
Who’s The Expert?
I have been musing about the nature of tasting expertise (wine and food criticism) in recent weeks (here, here, here, and here); but I don’t
Creative Chefs and the Proletarians
Genuine culinary artistry faces a fundamental hurdle–the preparation of food is also a business and the customer must be satisfied. Art and music production also
Is Modernist Cuisine Finished?
Anthony Bourdain thinks progressive cuisine (modernist cuisine, molecular gastronomy) has reached its limit. Eater: I guess another way of approaching that question about the modernist
Are Raw Meat Fans On a Slippery Slope?
A spate of recent stories (here and here) touting raw meat as the next food trend have me wondering about what is going on: From
