Abstract
Food preference is established by the object (the food) as a substance, and at the same time by the relationship with the subject (the eater). The latter has physiological and sensuous dimensions as well as intellectual and cultural dimensions.As regards the ideas of “in praise of gastronomy”and“in praise of insipidity”, I think that the former shows the Western view of value, and the latter shows the Eastem. Each of them is represented by The manners of Westem and eapecially French Philosophers who enjoy conversation at the table, and by that of Zen priests for whom silence and muteness have important meaning, in short, by tables with activity and sdillness.I think that“in praise of gastronomy”ark“in praise of insipidity”are both ways of pursuing food preference by human beings, and drat the different sensibilities about food preference have been formed based on their cultures.
