Do wine critics rely on an objective standard for evaluating wines? The truth is, I don’t think objectivity is a wine critic’s mission. Their job
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
Taste, Representation, and the Art of Cuisine (Part 2)
Posted originally at Three Quarks Daily Much philosophical writing about food has included discussions of whether and why food can be a serious aesthetic object,
Taste, Representation, and the Art of Cuisine
Posted originally at Three Quarks Daily. In philosophical debates about the aesthetic potential of cuisine, one central topic has been the degree to which smell
Accounting for Taste
Originally published at Three Quarks Daily. This post is not about wine or food specifically, but everything I say here about art and aesthetics applies
The Problem of Good Taste
What precisely is good taste? It can’t be merely a sense for what is appropriate given contemporary social norms because people who are alleged to
Celebrating Wine
In the midst of the seemingly declining prospects and sour mood of the wine industry, Eric Asimov pens a righteous paean to the joys of
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 