Required readings
- Plato on the pleasure of eating
- Mill on higher and lower pleasures
- A brief survey of what Western philosophers think about food: Michiel Korthals (2008) The Birth of Philosophy and Contempt for Food. Gastronomica: The Journal of Critical Food Studies. Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 62-69. http://edepot.wur.nl/32843