Oor die estetika van kos en die kookkuns

Abstract

Abstract: On the aesthetics of food and the art of cooking
The aesthetic nature of food and cooking is a neglected field in philosophical
aesthetics. This neglect is due, among others, to the intellectual perspective
on art and the anthropological dualism characteristic of modernism. In this
essay the aesthetics of food and the art of cooking are explored. The system
of food in philosophy firstly examined. In the second part, a distinction is
made between natural and culinary gastronomical beauty. Attention is given
to the development of some philosophical terminology applicable to the field
of study, and the art of cooking analysed in contrast to other forms of artistic
expression. In the last section, some cultural and political implications of the
aesthetics of food and the art of cooking are considered.

South African Journal of Philosophy Vol. 25 (4) 2006: pp. 290-304