Lazy Sunday Readings

Catch up on your culinary news with these compelling articles from the Atlantic. Some oldies, but they are articles that are relavent and thought provoking. Enjoy.

When a Chef Can’t Taste His Food – Chef Grant Achatz recalls his experience of losing the sense of taste while undergoing treatment for stage four tongue cancer.

Does Culinary School Matter? – Credentials over experience, tough call.

In Madrid, Defending Molecular Gastronomy –  Science and food go hand in hand; yet too often requires defending.

‘We Are Told to Call It Chicken” – Addressing the quality of airline food.

Sweet Memories: How Jelly Belly Invents Flavors – Veronique Greenwood writes about the business of building flavors

Swallowed by Coke – Tale of fair trade tea company being bought by bevy giant

Lessons Learned as New York Food Critic – Q&A with NY Times food critic, Frank Bruni.

Eureka Moments: Where Culinary Inspiration Comes From – The pastry chef of Le Bernardin offers a guide to discovering insight in the kitchen?whether in haute cuisine or a baked potato