What is a food holiday?
(“…and why isn’t it in my mouth?” as one of my colleagues would say.) Since you, reader of this food culture blog, are likely a somewhat geeky person and likely […]
Category Archives: Dessert
Happy Valentine’s Day: Links and Love
Those delectable (disgusting) little treats are hand-sculpted human hearts, made from marzipan and doused in probably too much red food coloring. I made them with friends several years ago for […]
Eating it Up: Food ads from the 80s and 90s that I still can’t forget
When I was writing my piece for Table Matters about the Grey Poupon ad campaigns, I kept remembering how much my family got a kick out of imitating the accents […]
I Scream: Little Baby’s gross advertising tactics
I meant to post about Little Baby’s creepy ice cream ad weeks ago, but it fell off my radar until someone dropped a .gif from it into an Email thread, […]
Brain Food, or why the mind is like a soufflé
When I first began to study the relationship between food and the imagination, I couldn’t help but notice how many idioms of thinking, reading, and learning use the language of […]
Another Taste Test
After my first taste test, I found myself on a mailing list to invite participants to upcoming tests. I halfheartedly attempted to sign up for a testing of lunchmeat, but I […]
The bride-cake in literature
Summer is a season of weddings: people are freer to travel, brides can go strapless as is customary, and vows can be made outside in the open air. This summer I’ve been […]
Racist Cakes
Last week when my Twitter feed blew up with references to a racist cake, I thought it was a revival of the criticism of Sandra Lee’s Kwanzaa “harvest” cake. Racist […]
