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There’s an old saying, “There’s no accounting for taste.” Food, drink, art, fashion, music, they’re all driven by the process you describe. Aka “trends”. There
by wmeredith 8y ago
There’s an old saying, “There’s no accounting for taste.” Food, drink, art, fashion, music, they’re all driven by the process you describe. Aka “trends”.
There’s a reason presentation is such a huge part of cooking. Context is important when trying to assign a value to the appeal of something.
- squarefoot 8y agoPresentation is most important when one needs to give further value to sell food overpriced. Compare for example those two meals: https://bit.ly/2ujGdla https://bit.ly/2ujGdla and https://bit.ly/2KV1jAM https://bit.ly/2KV1jAM Without any doubt the second ingredients kill the first ones in nourishing value, therefore they have literally to invent new ways of rearranging them so that the presentation "value" justifies the price. I have no doubt the first meal would cost multiple times the second, but no way I would take one even if I'd be fine spending that money for something that could only make me more hungry.
- balfirevic 8y agoSo, you can think of nothing in that first meal apart from presentation that would justify higher price? And what is "nourishing value"? Calories?
- squarefoot 8y agoYes, absolutely nothing. It can surely be an interesting exercise in aesthetics (admittedly it's beautiful to look at) and taste mixing, but I see it more related to tasting than eating.