Sublime

Tell me what you eat, and I shall tell you what you are.

our relationship to food is an exact microcosm of our relationship to life itself. I believe we are walking, talking expressions of our deepest convictions; everything we believe about love, fear, transformation and God is revealed in how, when and what we eat.

back. Learning about food—learning to eat—is a series of edible adventures and surprises. For instance, just when you think you have mastered the potato, that such a basic ingredient could have nothing new to offer, you discover aligot, a velvety blend of mashed potatoes, garlic, and Cantal cheese. Or you are introduced to the unlikely but

three fundamental principles: maximize flavor, manipulate texture, and season confidently.

Dietitian Ellyn Satter has a quote on the front page of her website: ‘When the joy goes out of eating, nutrition suffers.’ It’s a thought that captures what should be a self-evident truth of eating: that it does us good to feel good.

I have come to believe that food is history of the deepest kind. Everything we eat tells a tale of ingenuity and creation, domination and injustice—and does so more vividly than any other artifact, any other medium.

A fisiologia do gosto, de Brillat-Savarin,