The 16th-Century Origins of Food Porn - by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell/ Culture/ Entertainment/ The Atlantic/ theatlantic.com
"For several hundred years humans have treated food not just as sustenance, but as spectacle.
Thanksgiving is as good a time as any to remember that, for humans, eating is never just about the food. It’s also about ritual, be it the perfectly brewed cup of morning coffee or the annual appearance of grandma’s pumpkin pie. Presentation is what separates us from other animals. We all must eat, but only humans have gone beyond sustenance to make napkin origami and Mayflower centerpieces—and then post pictures of them on the Internet..."
A 1600s hand-colored etching of a pastry shop by Abraham Bosse
The Getty Research Institute
Richard
"For several hundred years humans have treated food not just as sustenance, but as spectacle.
Thanksgiving is as good a time as any to remember that, for humans, eating is never just about the food. It’s also about ritual, be it the perfectly brewed cup of morning coffee or the annual appearance of grandma’s pumpkin pie. Presentation is what separates us from other animals. We all must eat, but only humans have gone beyond sustenance to make napkin origami and Mayflower centerpieces—and then post pictures of them on the Internet..."
A 1600s hand-colored etching of a pastry shop by Abraham Bosse
The Getty Research Institute
Richard
The 16th-Century Origins of Food Porn
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