Scorned since antiquity as low and animal, the sense of taste is celebrated today as an ally of joy, a source of adventure, and an arena for pursuing sophistica

Pioneering investigation into relationship between physical sense of taste, and taste as a term denoting judgement, in early modern England.

This book analyzes the coloniality of the concept of taste that gastronomy constructed and normalized as modern. It shows how gastronomy’s engagement with rat

A foundational text in the emerging field of Latin American and Iberian food studies

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