Today we arrived home in San Diego after 6 months on the road, just in time to see the sunset over San Diego Bay out
Category: The Ethics of Eating
Luxury, Inequality, and the World of Wine
For food and wine lovers, Robin Givhan’s piece in the Washington Post, “The Case for Luxury” is a very solid essay with an important argument
The Controversy Over Cultural Appropriation
Kenneth Malik’s NY Times article “In Defense of Cultural Appropriation” is important generally, but specifically, it is important to the food world. As Malik reports:
Against Vegetarianism
There are many good reasons for reducing our consumption of meat. The most important reasons have to do with the impact of meat eating on
Pink Slime and Robot Chefs
The libertarian shill for industrial food, Jayson Lusk, is back with a new book, this time defending “pink slime”, the meat filler made from beef
Why Taste is Important
The issue of what we eat or drink is often considered to be trivial, a personal matter that has no larger significance and is thus
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 