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Food is...

It will come as no surprise that my first post here in forever is about food. I ran across this at the Ethicurian. The Accidental Hedonist outlines her food beliefs, which match up pretty closely with my own:

1. Food is Life - This is pretty straightforward. You need to eat to live.
2. Food is Cultural - What you eat represents who you are as well as the environment in which you inhabit.
3. Food is Class - What you eat is defined by the allotment of resources available to you.
4. Food is Politics - The food choices you make within your resources give credibility to the producers and suppliers of said food.

I'd probably add "Food is Medicine" based on my own personal experiences recently, but this list pretty much saves me from having to think of my own. That and Michael Pollan's "Eat Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Plants" make up my elevator speech on the topic.

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Anonymous said…
Is this a trick? Or are you really blogging again?

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