Reflections on disgust after tasting Nutraloaf
In an earlier draft of one of my dissertation chapters, I made one or two claims that leaned on the assumption that tasting food is rarely a neutral act and usually elicits […]
Category Archives: Social Anxieties
Food Music Playlist #16: Stay Classy
It’s Wednesday and I have the job-hunting blues, so this playlist is all about the money we wish we were making and the style we manage to put on regardless. […]
Eastern State Series: What inmates ate in the 20th Century
[This October, I am giving nighttime tours at Eastern State Penitentiary. Inspired by the rich and fascinating history of this abandoned prison, I have used approved sources to compile a […]
Eastern State Series: How inmates ate in the 20th Century
[This October, I am giving nighttime tours at Eastern State Penitentiary. Inspired by the rich and fascinating history of this abandoned prison, I have used approved sources to compile a […]
Eastern State Series: What inmates ate in the 19th Century
[This October, I am giving nighttime tours at Eastern State Penitentiary. Inspired by the rich and fascinating history of this abandoned prison, I have used approved sources to compile a […]
Eastern State Series: How inmates ate in the 19th Century
[This October, I am giving nighttime tours at Eastern State Penitentiary. Inspired by the rich and fascinating history of this abandoned prison, I have used approved sources to compile a […]
Link Buffet: Food Evolutions
This is so cool: salad grown in space! Slightly more complicated than the hydroponic greens I’ve seen in fictional space shuttles, since we haven’t figured out how to simulate Earth-like […]
Link Buffet: Globavore Dilemmas
I’ve been teaching a friend how to make a few dishes (which is not at all the same as teaching a date how to cook — I’ve retired from that field). The prep time for […]
Barthes’ “Ornamental Cookery” in the age of Foodstagram
“Ornamental Cookery” (as it is titled in the translation) is one of my favorite essays in Roland Barthes’ Mythologies, not least because of the vivid and whimsical descriptions of the food prepared […]
The Presidential Cookie Bake-Off
In 1992, the public voted for Hilary Clinton’s cookies. How this cookie election came about is a little convoluted. To oversimplify: Clinton’s successful career in law became fodder for political opponents who wished to […]
