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
Category: The Ethics of Eating
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
Culinary Conservatism is Harming us
Here is an example of how conservatism with regard to taste is harming us. As this article by Sea-to-Table argues, 91% of all seafood consumed
Why is it Important to Think about Food and Wine?
There are lots of hard problems that require our thoughtful attention—poverty, climate change, quantum entanglement, or how to make a living, just for starters. But
Do Not Make a New Year’s Resolution, but if you do…
It’s New Year’s Eve. Time for my annual post on why you should not make New Year’s resolutions. As one of my favorite writers Anne
Natural Wine: Moral Purity or Moral Preening?
The Natural Wine movement is dividing brother from brother, citizen from citizen, rending friendships, tearing the land in two…Well it’s not quite the Civil War.
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 