Taste as Experience: The Philosophy and Aesthetics of Food

by Nicola Perullo

Taste as Experience puts the pleasure of food at the center of human experience. It shows how the sense of taste informs our preferences for and relationship to nature, pushes us toward ethical practices of consumption, and impresses upon us the importance of aesthetics. Eating is often dismissed as a necessary aspect of survival, and our personal enjoyment of food is considered a quirk. Nicola Perullo sees food as the only portion of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231173482
• ISBN13: 9780231173483
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher