Taste as Experience: The Philosophy and Aesthetics of Food

Nicola Perullo sees food as constituting our first and most significant encounter with the earth. He draws on years of research to explain the complex meanings behind our food choices and the thinking that accompanies our gustatory actions. For Perullo, taste is value and wisdom. It cannot be reduce...

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Main Author: Perullo, Nicola (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Columbia University Press [2016]
Series:Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
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Summary:Nicola Perullo sees food as constituting our first and most significant encounter with the earth. He draws on years of research to explain the complex meanings behind our food choices and the thinking that accompanies our gustatory actions. For Perullo, taste is value and wisdom. It cannot be reduced to mere chemical or cultural factors but embodies the quality and quantity of our earthly experience
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Mar. 30, 2016)
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780231541428

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