About this episode
This episode discusses a special issue on food and philosophy featuring insights from Robert T. Valgenti and Andrea Borghini.
This episode introduces a special issue on food and philosophy. Robert T. Valgenti, of Gastronomica’s Editorial Collective, talks with Andrea Borghini about the increasing attention to food within philosophy over the last three decades and shares the inspiration behind their special issue. They discuss how this issue of Gastronomica engages with different disciplines and formats by bringing together short essays and reflections on the field of philosophy from scholars around the world. By attending to ethics, value, and aesthetics through a range of topics that include art, taste, hunger, sustainability, food waste, and bioethics and GLP-1s, the special issue highlights different perspectives on how food can enter philosophical practice. Gastronomica’s special issue on food and philosophy was published in Fall 2025 (25.3) and is available online here. Andrea Borghini is an associate professor of philosophy and the director of Culinary Mind, a research center for the philosophy of food, at the University of Milan. Learn more about his work here and about Culinary Mind here. Robert T. Valgenti is a professor of liberal arts and food studies at The Culinary Institute of America. A…
People in this episode
Host: Marshall Poe
Guests: Robert T. Valgenti, Andrea Borghini
Topics covered
- food philosophy
- ethics
- aesthetics
- sustainability
- food waste
- bioethics
Keywords
- food
- philosophy
- ethics
- sustainability
- Gastronomica
- Culinary Mind
- bioethics
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Gastronomica, University of Milan, The Culinary Institute of America, Culinary Mind
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