A Philosophy of Recipes: Making, Experiencing, and Valuing

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Andrea Borghini, Patrik Engisch
Bloomsbury Academic, Jan 13, 2022 - History - 296 pages
Introduction: Andrea Borghini and Sanna Hirvonen, University of Milan, Italy -- Part I: The Nature of Recipes -- Ch. 1: The Tastes of a Recipe Davide Bordini, Postdoctoral Researcher, Liege, Belgium -- Ch. 2: Time for After-Tasters Akiko Frischhut, Akita University, Japan & Giuliano Torrengo, University of Milan, Italy -- Ch. 3: Recipes Without Makers Sanna Hirvonen, University of Milan, Italy -- Ch. 4: Recipes and Tacit Knowledge Rachel Laudan, Food Writer, Texas, USA -- Ch. 5: The Recipe on the Packaged Food Label: The Design and Marketing of the Nutrient Profile and Ingredients in Ultra-Processed Foods Gyorgy Scrinis, University of Melbourne, Australia -- Ch. 6: Authenticity and the 'Natural' in Recipes Cain Todd, University of Lancaster, UK Part II: Recipes and Their Relationships -- Ch. 7: Traditions in Action: Recipes, Memory, and Representation Patrik Engish, University of Fribourg, Switzerland -- Ch. 8: Smart Dish: Collective Genius and Individual Talent in Recipes from Rising Ethnic Cuisines Rafi Grosglik & David Kyle, UC Davis, USA -- Ch. 9: The Epistemic Standing of Recipes: Historical Dishes and the Search for Past Tastes Carolyn Korsemeyer, SUNY Buffalo, USA -- Ch. 10: Koji Recipes and Feminist Ethics of Relationality Maya Hey, Concordia University, Canada -- Part III: Recipes, Values and Norms -- Ch. 11: Recipes and the Politics of Dieting Anne Barnhill, Johns Hopkins University, USA & Matteo Bonotti, Monash University, Australia -- Ch. 12: Can Food Recipes and Presentations be Protected by Copyright? Some?Tasty? Reflections Enrico Bonadio, City Law School, London, UK -- Ch. 13: Writing Cookbooks Behind Barbed Wire Barbara Haber, Food Writer, Massachusetts, USA -- Ch. 14: Is Social Gastronomy a Recipe for Peace? Johanna Mendelson Forman, American University, USA -- Ch. 15: Ode to Joy: Ethnic Succession in an American Cookbook Corky White, Boston University, USA -- Ch. 16: A Recipe For Happiness: Artificial Flesh and the Reshuffling of Moral Norms Ben Wurgaft, MIT, USA -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Andrea Borghini is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Milan, Italy. Patrik Engisch is Post-doctoral Researcher and Lecturer of Philosophy at the University of Luzern, Switzerland. Patrik is a co-founder and member of Culinary Mind, an international center and network of scholars devoted to the study of food from a philosophical perspective.

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