The great French chemist and gastronomist Hervé This has a lot of interesting things to say about cuisine in his many books, but he sometime
Tag: food and emotions
Is Alinea the Best Restaurant in the U. S.?
For the 12 years it has been in existence, Grant Achatz’s Alinea, located in a utterly non-descript building in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, has been
Disgusting or Just Unpleasant?
Food culture writer Sara Davis asks an intriguing series of questions (i.e. intriguing if you like thinking about the pleasures of food) Is there such
Wine and Dine Makes You Happy
We already knew this but finding scientific confirmation and explanation is interesting nevertheless. It is widely accepted that substances called endocannaboids (ECs) regulate mood; increased
Food and Romance: The Tissue of Little Things
Valentine’s Day is almost upon us. So it’s time to ask that important question: Can food stimulate Eros? See my answer in my monthly post
Terrible Eating
One of the objections to food as art is that food acquires meaning in a fundamentally different way than does art. According to this argument,
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 