Country singer Willie Nelson recently acknowledged black farmer Philip Barker and the work of Barker’s organization Operation Spring Plant, “which provides resources and training to
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
Have You Tasted an Illusion Lately?
Wine tasters have come in for their share of ridicule as the result of studies that seem to show we can be easily confused about
The Great Snack Mix in the Sky
Philosophical discussions of food have seldom been recorded. But thanks to Slate.com, we can now listen in on real philosophers discussing eating? Here is Socrates
Cooking Well Makes You a Better Person
Well, it’s more complicated than that, but flavor is more important to civilization than is commonly recognized. In my Three Quarks essay this month, I
Pushing Back Against the Green-Eyed Jealous Monster
Skepticism about the value of wine criticism is ubiquitous, as I detailed in this post last month. But pushback against the wine-tasting-is-bunk meme is gathering
What is Art For?
I don’t agree with the underlying assumption of Alain de Botton’s recent work that art’s value lies in what it is for, the purposes it
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