After Dinner Conversation: Food Ethics Is Out!
Food Ethics Edition
Synopsis: Carefully curated stories from After Dinner Conversation magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of food. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions. Edition Editor - Nicole Natale
Story Summary
Meat Is Meat: A starving ship, catches a mermaid and must decide what's for dinner.
Observation 292: Science discovers plants feel pain like humans, and are sentient.
The Walnut Tree: A travel tour in Uzbekistan gets sidetracked to wonderful effect.
Intervention: Bill has decided it's time to confront his brother about his obesity.
One Hour: A journalist interviews the owner of a strange restaurant and has a meal that causes him to question his life.
Mayonnaise: The inventor of million dollar "zero fat, zero calorie" food additive discovers her invention is killing her son.
Exodus: A Jewish family traveling through space to colonize a new world is woken by the AI so they can celebrate Passover.
Apple Pi: A couple uses coin flips to make decisions in their relationship.
I Do So, Like Durian: A sheltered teen on a quest through Chinatown finds a new world to explore.
Reginald's Party: A female interloper crashes an "emotions" wine tasting.
“After Dinner Conversation is an award-winning independent nonprofit publisher. We believe in fostering meaningful discussions among friends, family, and students to enhance humanity through truth-seeking, reflection, and respectful debate. To achieve this, we publish philosophical and ethical short story fiction accompanied by discussion questions.”
