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Is Gastronomy a Medium for Artistic Expression? The Problem of Consumption and the Purported Asymmetry Between Aesthetic Judgments and Judgments of Personal Preference

Abstract: This paper defends that gastronomy is a medium for artistic expression. It explores two arguments frequently used to defend that gastronomy is not an artistic medium: the problem of consumption and the asymmetry between aesthetic judgments and judgments of personal preference. The former defends that gastronomy and fine arts are fundamentally…