In The Table Comes First Gopnik looks at food and dining from a sociological and consumer point of view, including snobbery and food fads. Veblen’s work, The Theory of the Leisure Class is about conspicuous consumption. The point of it is that it’s […]
I’ve just pulled a pile of old cook books out of my bookshelf. They are all published in the 60s and 70s, and the titles are: Posh Food Andre Launay Ou est le garlic? Len Deighton French Provincial Cooking Elizabeth David Mastering the Art of French Cooking Vol 1 & 2 Simone Beck & Julia […]
In the Seventies there was a big pile of bricks placed in front of London’s Tate Museum. All the tabloids and bourgeoisie scoffed. In spite of their disgust and bewilderment, this pile of bricks forced people to ask the question: what is art? When you watch a news clip of a fashion show, you tend […]