The anti-foodie backlash is picking up steam, as people who don’t like to play with their food are throwing tantrums about food sucking up all
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
On Being Charged with Prostitution
Paella is one of my favorite dishes because it is so versatile. For those of us who like to play with our food, it’s the
If You Want Romance with Your Wine, Drink Local
In a recent Wine Spectator column, Matt Kramer laments the decline in loyalty that afflicts much of the traditional wine world, especially Bordeaux, which led
Wine: Will Chemistry Destroy the Romance?
What do we seek to know when we gain wine knowledge? We learn to distinguish the taste of Cabernet from Zinfandel, recognize the different flavor
Can Wine Be Sexy?
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching; it’s time to think about which wine will precisely calibrate the proper mood. But why wine? Why not a nice
The Joy of Cooking
In a very interesting post about the growing influence of food blogs especially in academia, Judith Newton makes some critically important, more general, claims about
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 