One of the big hurdles confronting the view that fine cuisine is a fine art is to say what fine cuisine is about. Paintings refer
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Are Raw Meat Fans On a Slippery Slope?
A spate of recent stories (here and here) touting raw meat as the next food trend have me wondering about what is going on: From
Does Regional Cuisine Matter Anymore?
The art of cooking used to be firmly rooted in local traditions. In Culture and Cuisine: A Journey Through the History of Food, Jean-Francois Revel
Is the Philosophy of Food On the Map Yet?
I came across this ad for a summer course at The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona on the Philosophy of Food. Here are the topics on
Authenticity and Food Rules
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
Innovation: Good and Bad
Comfort vodka anyone? A new trend seems to be sweeping the restaurant/bar scene–gummy vodka, cookie dough vodka, bubblegum vodka, chocolate milk vodka… I have no
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 