Literally, taste is one of the five senses and is connected with gustatory pleasure and the consumption of food. Figuratively it has its place not only in the philosophy of aesthetics, but also in the everyday discourse of design, fashion, social manners and class politics. As such, taste in its many forms is a central preoccupation of early twentieth century British fiction. Whether it is Conrad’s hippopotamus meat, Woolf’s boeuf en daube, Joyce’s potted meat, or ...