Do you have to think about food to appreciate it? Most people would say no. Indeed, it would be obtuse if in response to a
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
Food and Emotions: The Mystery of Mom’s Apple Pie
In my recent post about the relationship between between food and emotion, I was a bit skeptical about whether food expresses emotion. This is in
The Tyranny of Choice
I’ve spent much of my morning trying to find just the right word to describe Corby Kummer’s scathing criticism of tasting menus in the February
Inflated Wine Scores and the Longing for a Wine Aristocracy
The latest brouhaha about wine scores erupted shortly after Christmas when The Wine Advocate, arguably the most influential wine review publication, released its latest assessment
Music, Food, and Emotion
I think most people would readily admit that sometimes they have emotional responses to food. We feel revulsion when we taste spoiled food. Soup invokes
The Only New Year’s Resolution Worth Making
It’s day 2 of the new year. Time to implement those New Year’s resolutions we were dreaming about yesterday—lose weight, get in shape, spend less
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