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Matters of Taste
Author | : Donna R. Barnes,Peter G. Rose,Albany Institute of History and Art |
Publsiher | : Syracuse University Press |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0815607474 |
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Published to accompany an exhibition held in Sept. 2002 by the Albany Institute of History and Art.
A Matter of Taste
Author | : Stanley Lieberson |
Publsiher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0300083858 |
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What accounts for our tastes? Why and how do they change over time? Stanley Lieberson analyzes children's first names to develop an original theory of fashion. He disputes the commonly-held notion that tastes in names (and other fashions) simply reflect societal shifts.
Matters of Taste among common things with a theory of Taste applicable to them
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 1862 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : BL:A0018160649 |
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Taste Matters
Author | : John Prescott |
Publsiher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2013-02-15 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 9781861899514 |
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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.
A Matter of Taste
Author | : Fred Saberhagen |
Publsiher | : JSS Literary Productions, LLC |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781937422066 |
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Matthew Maule, no stranger to revenge, unexpectedly encounters enemies bent on his destruction for events now over five hundred years in the past—events revealed on a tape found in Uncle Matthew’s Chicago apartment. For a time, only the Southerlands and Joe Keogh stand between the poisoned and incapacitated Uncle Matthew and his attackers. But Uncle Matthew is not one to easily surrender his existence. A tale of revenge and honor.
Questions of Taste
Author | : Barry C Smith |
Publsiher | : Andrews UK Limited |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2013-02-05 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 9781908493422 |
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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.
An Archive of Taste
Author | : Lauren F. Klein |
Publsiher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2020-05-12 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 9781452963952 |
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A groundbreaking synthesis of food studies, archival theory, and early American literature There is no eating in the archive. This is not only a practical admonition to any would-be researcher but also a methodological challenge, in that there is no eating—or, at least, no food—preserved among the printed records of the early United States. Synthesizing a range of textual artifacts with accounts (both real and imagined) of foods harvested, dishes prepared, and meals consumed, An Archive of Taste reveals how a focus on eating allows us to rethink the nature and significance of aesthetics in early America, as well as of its archive. Lauren F. Klein considers eating and early American aesthetics together, reframing the philosophical work of food and its meaning for the people who prepare, serve, and consume it. She tells the story of how eating emerged as an aesthetic activity over the course of the eighteenth century and how it subsequently transformed into a means of expressing both allegiance and resistance to the dominant Enlightenment worldview. Klein offers richly layered accounts of the enslaved men and women who cooked the meals of the nation’s founders and, in doing so, directly affected the development of our national culture—from Thomas Jefferson’s emancipation agreement with his enslaved chef to Malinda Russell’s Domestic Cookbook, the first African American–authored culinary text. The first book to examine the gustatory origins of aesthetic taste in early American literature, An Archive of Taste shows how thinking about eating can help to tell new stories about the range of people who worked to establish a cultural foundation for the United States.
Nathalie Dupree s Matters of Taste
Author | : Nathalie Dupree |
Publsiher | : Alfred a Knopf Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 0394578511 |
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Encompasses a range of modern American cookery in a selection of imaginative recipes, accompanied by sample menus and a variety of cooking tips