The new food morality

The Hoover Institution recently published this piece on the shifting morality of food and sex. Take it for what it's worth, but the increasing religious/mystical component of food and its followers is a subject deserving of more exposure. This serious essay provides a good deal of it.

Food mythology momentum

The tide is shifting, it seems.
While there are still outbreaks of breathless nonsense about food (acai, anyone?), the amount of writing I bump in to that tries to deflate all the puffery about cuisine and diet has increased. Take this piece that's right on the nose about food mythology.

More truth from The Onion

One of the unfortunate, and inexcusable, reasons that my motivation for food writing has waned is because the ether is so filled with "foodie" hot air. Sometimes it's best to let others make a very simple point, like this.