Adam Lechmere has me scratching my head regarding his latest in Club Oenologique. He is enjoying his Sassicaia 2009 and Château Pichon Baron 2009, and
Tag: authenticity
Wine’s Imitation Game
My Three Quarks Daily column this month considers the possible future in which great wines like a 1982 Lafite Rothschild can be reverse engineered and
Food Rules and Authenticity
Cooking is an art mired in tradition. Each nation has its food rules encrusted with the patina of age, and each region within each nation
Do You Really Want a Wine that Smells like Blood or Asparagus?
The hot buzz word in the wine world over the past few years is “authenticity”, which Jamie Goode and Sam Harrop define as wine with
The Food Revolution Cannot be Co-opted
Ordinarily I wouldn’t be much concerned about the closing of chain restaurants but this story caught my eye because of the clueless reasoning behind it.
Bon Appétit’s Cultural Faux Pas
The flap over Bon Appétit’s version of the Filipino shaved ice treat Halo Halo is an interesting case of cultural misappropriation. Wilma B. Consul in
