Some of the best conversations happen over food. In Plato’s Symposium, a group of friends at a dinner party take turns giving speeches about love - mixing wine, food, and deep questions about what it means to be human.
I’m interested in that overlap. The ideas that emerge when we slow down and pay attention to food. What our meals reveal about who we are.
If you don’t like labneh and sardines, then this blog is not for you.
I also write about philosophy more broadly at decafquest.com.
The name comes from meli - honey in ancient Greek.