The film works so well because it joins taste (food) and hearing (music) to the conforming and informing power of sight.
Now the pastry chef, Pichet Ong, who had been a fish cook at Jean Georges and was doing desserts at RM and the Jefferson, joined the tasting crew.
For a full immersion in its culinary treasures, I joined a tasting tour of the Valle d'Itria, an area of olive groves and whitewashed towns about an hour's drive south-east of Bari.
That may be because social alliances that go further than joining a taste cohort are more important now.
But because of budget cuts, the previously autonomous Celtic Fest (29 June), Gospel Music Festival (26 June), Latin Music Festival (24 June) and Country Music Festival (1 July) will join the Taste this year.
Christian Isberg, Petter Johansson Kukacka (PJADAD), Lasse Korsgaard and Carl Berglöf have joined forces (and taste buds) "to explore how we will prepare and discuss our food in the future".
And I particularly recommend joining local tasting groups.
He stayed for several hours, even joining a tasting of her tequila that del Castillo was holding.
Florence Fabricant and I were joined for the tasting by David Wondrich, the cocktail historian and author, and Pete Wells, the Dining editor, who writes frequently about drinks.
Florence Fabricant and I were joined for the tasting by Kerin of Tinto Fino and Michael Madrigale, the head sommelier at Bar Boulud and Boulud Sud.
Florence Fabricant and I were joined for the tasting by Gabrio Tosti di Valminuta, proprietor of De-Vino, a largely Italian wine shop in New York City.
