Posts tagged “Food”

Forgetting about death is the entire point of food culture.

Changing our eating habits is so fraught because eating is about far more than food. Ancient humans must have decided, once their bellies were full, that there was more to life than mere survival and staring mortality in the face. They went on to build things in which they could find distraction, comfort, recreation, and […]

Class jumping

I used to think cheese meant pre-wrapped slices of American cheese. Now I’m torn over whether to have oka or smoked havarti on my veggie sandwich.