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:
Category: The Ethics of Eating
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
The Food Revolution is Taking Prisoners
My soon-to-be-released book American Foodie: Taste, Art, and the Cultural Revolution makes the case that the food revolution in the U.S. is broad and deep
A Defense of Carnivores
My Three Quarks essay is up providing a defense of eating meat and a critique of Peter Singer’s well-known arguments for vegetarianism.
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 