The view that wine and food lack the cognitive dimension characteristic of genuine aesthetic appreciation is getting more difficult to defend. For much of the
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
What’s the Hook?
Back in the day when I was shopping demo tapes and playing showcases for record company execs in LA, every conversation revolved around “what’s the
Wine, Art, and the Language of Representation
In his review of my book, Beauty and the Yeast, in World of Fine Wine, David Schildknect pointed out that my discussion of wine as
The Benefits of a Food Obsession
I have spent many days wholly involved in cooking over the past few weeks. It got me thinking about this lovely essay entitled The Gift
In Wine Appreciation, Why do We Ignore Conceptual Expertise?
I posted about the nature of perceptual expertise in an earlier post. In this post I want to consider what wine scientist Malfeito-Ferrera calls “conceptual
How Important is Perceptual Expertise in Wine Tasting?
When I talk about wine tasting to people who seldom drink wine, they often say they just don’t have the sensitive palate required to enjoy
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