"The old adage 'you are what you eat' has never seemed more true than in this era, when ethics, politics, and the environment figure so prominently in what we ingest and in what we think about it. Then there are connoisseurs, whose approaches to food address 'good taste' and fre…
Educated Tastes: Food, Drink, and Connoisseur Culture
by Strong, Jeremy, Strong, Jeremy
fromAt table series
The old adage "you are what you eat" has never seemed more true than in this era, when ethics, politics, and the environment figure so prominently in what we ingest and in what we think about it. Then there are connoisseurs, whose approaches to food address "good taste" and freq…
This book is a collection of essays that examine how taste is learned, developed and represented. It spans topics such as teaching wine tasting, food in Don Quixote, Soviet cookbooks, cruel foods and the lambic beers of the Belgian Payottenland. Key themes connect these topics: …
"The old adage 'you are what you eat' has never seemed more true than in this era, when ethics, politics, and the environment figure so prominently in what we ingest and in what we think about it. Then there are connoisseurs, whose approaches to food address 'good taste' and fre…