Questions Of Taste
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Questions Of Taste
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Author : Barry C Smith
language : en
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date : 2013-02-05
Questions Of Taste written by Barry C Smith and has been published by Andrews UK Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-05 with Cooking categories.
Interest in and consumption of wine have grown exponentially in recent years and there has been a corresponding increase in consumers' knowledge of wine, which in turn has generated discussions about the meaning and value of wine in our lives and how renowned wine critics influence our subjective assessment of quality and shape public tastes. Wine first played a part in Western philosophy at the symposium of the early Greek philosophers where it enlivened and encouraged discussion. During the Enlightenment David Hume recommended drinking wine with friends as a cure for philosophical melancholy, while Immanuel Kant thought wine softened the harsher sides of men's characters and made their company more convivial. In Questions of Taste, the first book in any language on the subject, philosophers such as Roger Scruton and wine professionals like Andrew Jefford, author of the award-winning book The New France, turn their attention to wine as an object of perception, assessment and appreciation. They and their fellow contributors examine the relationship between a wine's qualities and our knowledge of them; the links between the scientifically describable properties of wine and the conscious experience of the wine taster; what we base our judgements of quality on and whether they are subjective or objective; the distinction between the cognitive and sensory aspects of taste; whether wine appreciation is an aesthetic experience; the role language plays in describing and evaluating wines; the significance of their intoxicating effect on us; the meaning and value of drinking wine with others; whether disagreement leads to relativism about judgements of taste; and whether we can really share the pleasures of drinking. Questions of Taste will be of interest to all those fascinated by the production and consumption of wine and how it affects our minds in ways we might not hitherto have suspected.
Taste Test
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Author : Max Falkowitz
language : en
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Release Date : 2021-09-07
Taste Test written by Max Falkowitz and has been published by Clarkson Potter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-07 with Cooking categories.
Spice up dinner parties, virtual group hangs, or any get-together with 200 multiple-choice trivia cards that cover culinary pop culture, cooking tools and techniques, ingredients, and regional dishes. What spirit traditionally gives the classic dessert Bananas Foster its flame? Which New York City deli rose to national fame thanks to the 1989 film When Harry Met Sally? Prove your culinary knowledge with Taste Test, the ultimate trivia game for food obsessives. An enclosed booklet offers instructions, tips for keeping score in teams, and variations on the original rules. Whether you're hosting a proper trivia night and playing competitively or setting the cards out as conversation starters, Taste Test is the ultimate ice-breaker.
Perspectives On Taste
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Author : Jeremy Wyatt
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2022-05-31
Perspectives On Taste written by Jeremy Wyatt and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-31 with categories.
This book offers a sustained, interdisciplinary examination of taste. It addresses a range of topics that have been at the heart of lively debates in philosophy of language, linguistics, metaphysics, aesthetics, and experimental philosophy. Our everyday lives are suffused with discussions about taste. We are quick to offer familiar platitudes about taste, but we struggle when facing the questions that matter--what taste is, how it is related to subjectivity, what distinguishes good from bad taste, why it is valuable to make and evaluate judgments about matters of taste, and what, exactly, we mean in speaking about these matters. The essays in this volume open up new, intersecting lines of research about these questions that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. They address the notion of aesthetic taste; connections between taste and the natures of truth, disagreement, assertion, belief, retraction, linguistic context-sensitivity, and the semantics/pragmatics interface; experimental inquiry about taste; and metaphysical questions underlying ongoing discussions about taste. Perspectives on Taste will be of interest to researchers and advanced students working in aesthetics, philosophy of language, linguistics, metaphysics, and experimental philosophy.
Taste Makers Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food In America
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Author : Mayukh Sen
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2021-11-16
Taste Makers Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food In America written by Mayukh Sen and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A New York Times Editors' Choice pick Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Los Angeles Times, Vogue, Wall Street Journal, Food Network, KCRW, WBUR Here & Now, Emma Straub, and Globe and Mail One of the Millions's Most Anticipated Books of 2021 America’s modern culinary history told through the lives of seven pathbreaking chefs and food writers. Who’s really behind America’s appetite for foods from around the globe? This group biography from an electric new voice in food writing honors seven extraordinary women, all immigrants, who left an indelible mark on the way Americans eat today. Taste Makers stretches from World War II to the present, with absorbing and deeply researched portraits of figures including Mexican-born Elena Zelayeta, a blind chef; Marcella Hazan, the deity of Italian cuisine; and Norma Shirley, a champion of Jamaican dishes. In imaginative, lively prose, Mayukh Sen—a queer, brown child of immigrants—reconstructs the lives of these women in vivid and empathetic detail, daring to ask why some were famous in their own time, but not in ours, and why others shine brightly even today. Weaving together histories of food, immigration, and gender, Taste Makers will challenge the way readers look at what’s on their plate—and the women whose labor, overlooked for so long, makes those meals possible.
I Wonder Why Lemons Taste Sour
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Author : Deborah Chancellor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
I Wonder Why Lemons Taste Sour written by Deborah Chancellor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Senses and sensation categories.
Answers questions kids ask about their senses.
What Does The Moon Taste Like
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Author : Thomas Canavan
language : en
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
Release Date : 2020-05-13
What Does The Moon Taste Like written by Thomas Canavan and has been published by Arcturus Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-13 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Why are black holes black? Why can't you tickle yourself? For the answers to these, and many more science questions, just look inside! Young readers will be blown away by this book of crazy science facts. Illustrated throughout with hilarious cartoons, What Does the Moon Taste Like? will introduce children to the basics of biology, chemistry and physics, in a fun and accessible way. ABOUT THE SERIES: Big Ideas! is a dynamic, high-energy "fun fact" series for children aged 7+, illustrated throughout with humorous cartoons. Packed with surprising facts, stats, and records that kids will just love to share, it revels in all things weird, unexpected, funny, and gross!
Taste Matters
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Author : John Prescott
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2013-02-15
Taste Matters written by John Prescott and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-15 with Cooking categories.
The human tongue has somewhere up to eight thousand taste buds to inform us when something is sweet, salty, sour, or bitter—or as we usually think of it—delicious or revolting. Tastes differ from one region to the next, and no two people’s seem to be the same. But why is it that some people think maple syrup is too sweet, while others can’t get enough? What makes certain people love Roquefort cheese and others think it smells like feet? Why do some people think cilantro tastes like soap? John Prescott tackles this conundrum in Taste Matters, an absorbing exploration of why we eat and seek out the foods that we do. Prescott surveys the many factors that affect taste, including genetic inheritance, maternal diet, cultural traditions, and physiological influences. He also delves into what happens when we eat for pleasure instead of nutrition, paying particularly attention to affluent Western societies, where, he argues, people increasingly view food selection as a sensory or intellectual pleasure rather than a means of survival. As obesity and high blood pressure are on the rise along with a number of other health issues, changes in the modern diet are very much to blame, and Prescott seeks to answer the question of why and how our tastes often lead us to eat foods that are not the best for our health. Compelling and accessible, this timely book paves the way for a healthier and more sustainable understanding of taste.
Understanding Cultural Taste
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Author : David Wright
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-07-28
Understanding Cultural Taste written by David Wright and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-28 with Social Science categories.
This book will help students and researchers to clarify a complex concept that is often over simplified in media and cultural studies, the sociology of culture and cultural policy. It updates established theoretical and methodological debates in the study of taste and provides an original perspective on a distinct and rich research field.
The Cultural Politics Of Food Taste And Identity
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Author : Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-04-08
The Cultural Politics Of Food Taste And Identity written by Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-08 with Social Science categories.
The Cultural Politics of Food, Taste, and Identity examines the social, cultural, and political processes that shape the experience of taste. The book positions flavor as involving all the senses, and describes the multiple ways in which taste becomes tied to local, translocal, glocal, and cosmopolitan politics of identity. Global case studies are included from Japan, China, India, Belize, Chile, Guatemala, the United States, France, Italy, Poland and Spain. Chapters examine local responses to industrialized food and the heritage industry, and look at how professional culinary practice has become foundational for local identities. The book also discusses the unfolding construction of “local taste” in the context of sociocultural developments, and addresses how cultural political divides are created between meat consumption and vegetarianism, innovation and tradition, heritage and social class, popular food and authenticity, and street and restaurant food. In addition, contributors discuss how different food products-such as kimchi, quinoa, and Soylent-have entered the international market of industrial and heritage foods, connecting different places and shaping taste and political identities.
Gustatory Science Facts
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Author : Charles Pidgeon
language : en
Publisher: Dr. Charles Pidgeon Books
Release Date : 2022-05-31
Gustatory Science Facts written by Charles Pidgeon and has been published by Dr. Charles Pidgeon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-31 with categories.
Gustatory Science Facts is a question and answers learning book on many relevant topics regarding taste.