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Making sense of taste : food & philosophy

"Taste, perhaps the most intimate of the five senses, has traditionally been considered beneath the concern of philosophy, too bound to the body, too personal and idiosyncratic. Yet, in addition to providing physical pleasure, eating and drinking bear symbolic and aesthetic value in human exper...

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Main Author: Korsmeyer, Carolyn.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 1999.
Subjects and Genres:
Food.
Philosophy.
Food > Sensory evaluation.
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