Frieda A. Stahl’s 1987 article, “Physics as Metaphor and Vice Versa,” is a reassuring, well-constructed, and excitingly cross-disciplinary piece of text. I say reassuring, because for many years now, I have used (or been tempted to use) various concepts and constructs from quantum physics (and classical mechanics) as metaphors for different themes within gastronomy. I…Read more
An exercise in sensing and witnessing
When one presses pause for a bit and takes a break from professional productivity, it can be hard to remember the reasons behind such a choice. Already, after less than a week of it, I sense myself resisting inactivity and being frustrated with not doing. Much as I espouse embracing what is around me and…Read more
Bowl: yet another food blog
Ah the travails of naming a new blog. Especially when that blog is going to be dealing with food and words and conceptual stuff and concrete issues and—ooh, worst—non-dualistic thinking-doing-feeling. Shit, it’s the stuff of web-era daymares. Plus, as Carla Cevasco has said, no more food puns. Many moons ago, I had a blog that…Read more