Joyce Goldstein, San Francisco chef and author of one of my favorite cookbooks, launched a rant last week that seemed to sum up the current
Tag: food aesthetics
Who Owns A Recipe? Revisiting The Case of the Stolen Egg
The episode has receded from the front pages, reporters are no longer camped on doorsteps, and Attorneys General have disbanded their grand juries, but the
Poetry in Food
One of the great obstacles to thinking of food as a form of art is that we are accustomed to thinking of food as a
More on Cuisine and Social Hierarchies
Last week I was musing about the claim, often made by social scientists, that tastes are a reflection of social class or moral conviction rather than
Mouth Taste, Moral Taste, and Social Hierarchies
One obstacle to the study of food and wine aesthetics is the complicating role of social class and moral judgment in explaining food preferences. Is
The Worst Food Trends May Be Worse Than You Think
If food is the new rock, that is, if food is the cultural phenomenon of this decade that defines what is worth paying attention to
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 