One of the most important things we do every day is eat. The issue of diet - what and how - may seem simple at first, but it is full of potential interpretations, reflecting the numerous roles that food plays in our lives. In this book, Raymond D. Boisvert and Lisa Heldke demonstrate that it is difficult to imagine a more philosophically charged act than eating. Philosophers at Table explores the philosophical framework that underpins this crucial aspect of our daily lives, showing that people are not just mind creatures, but also stomach creatures. Examining a wealth of myths, literary works, stories, and films - as well as philosophical ideas - the authors emphasize the need for a philosophy of food. They analyze Babet's Feast in a discussion on hospitality as a central ethical virtue. They compare eating a fast-food meal in Accra with celebrating at a molecular gastronomy restaurant, in order to examine the nature of food as art. They also describe the experience of taste, such as biting into a lizard, to highlight taste as a tool of learning and a way of knowing. A subversive and original approach to something we haven't philosophically tasted enough, Philosophers at Table invites readers to think in new ways about the simple and significant act of eating.