Reflections

Visual Eating: When This Food Looks Like [Expletive Deleted]

Episode Summary

Can blind and low vision people be visual eaters too? Kelly MacDonald explores how our senses come into play in building our appetites. Food enthusiast Bill Oakley gives us a peek behind the curtains of how food is staged, presented, and plated to draw us in. Terri-Lyn Dietrich, Lily Cereghini, and Brian Arthur share how unflattering descriptions from sighted guides affect their chances of trying a dish or enjoying it. Blind mom Theresa Eaton tells us how she talked her sons into trying foods they visually judged on first glance. And Chef Mary Mammoliti shares her long-time love for cooking, while Chef Julie gives her vivid take on why making calamari is as ugly as it is delicious.

Episode Notes

Can blind and low vision people be visual eaters too? Kelly MacDonald explores how our senses come into play in building our appetites.

Food enthusiast Bill Oakley gives us a peek behind the curtains of how food is staged, presented, and plated to draw us in.

Terri-Lyn Dietrich, Lily Cereghini, and Brian Arthur share how unflattering descriptions from sighted guides affect their chances of trying a dish or enjoying it.

Blind mom Theresa Eaton tells us how she talked her sons into trying foods they visually judged on first glance.

And Chef Mary Mammoliti shares her long-time love for cooking, while Chef Julie gives her vivid take on why making calamari is as ugly as it is delicious.