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Category Archives: Meals

Link Buffet: Trend Alert

November 20, 2015by Sara Davis Leave a comment

If you’ve been watching Master of None–I took a glimpse at one episode but I’m waiting for my television buddy to return–you might like this rundown of all the real-life eating places […]

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Link Buffet, Meals, Trends

Kant’s Dinner Party

November 12, 2015by Sara Davis 7 Comments

My familiarity with the work of Immanuel Kant (1724 – 1804) is mostly centered on Critique of Judgment, in which he explores the roles beauty and aesthetic pleasure play in the life […]

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Aesthetics, Meals, Philosophy

The Dinners of Wolf Hall

August 10, 2015by Sara Davis Leave a comment

I’ve been watching Wolf Hall (again!) with a friend who recently picked up the novels. Both the books and the television adaptation are very dense with detail, so there’s always […]

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Meals, Novels, Television

Dining out with Philly Fringe

September 19, 2014by Sara Davis 2 Comments

Dinner and theater are like butter and bread–you can have one without the other, but it’s just not going to be as good. September is Fringe Arts month for Philly, […]

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Beverages, Food in the City, Meals, Performance, Plays

Lunches and Dinners in Wives and Daughters

May 24, 2014by Sara Davis 2 Comments

I’ve been on an Elizabeth Gaskell kick this spring: once I’d fallen in love with North & South, I downloaded everything else I could find. Food often functions to convey […]

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Manners, Meals, Novels

Link Buffet: Building Up and Tearing Down

January 14, 2014by Sara Davis 1 Comment

My college friends had a saying–or command, rather: “Build the house!” we’d say to one another if one of us was dragging, flailing, trying to stay afloat in open water […]

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Body, Bread, Cooking, Family, Link Buffet, Manners, Meals

Meetings and Muffins

January 10, 2012by Sara Davis Leave a comment

Since my current position involves some level of event/exhibit management, I now receive trade magazines about the business of meeting and making everyone happy.  The most recent of these featured […]

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Business, Coffee & Tea, Cultural connotations, Meals

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