on food, history and ethics

[adrienmundi]

This article (by Johathan Safran Foer) on family history, food, taste and eventually, vegetarianism, is really good. It helps me, at the very least, from feeling trendy, insufficiently dedicated or articulate about my own positions on food or like a meek follower. To me, it speaks in ways that echo with some of my own decisions, and my own failings. It makes me feel less weak and less alone at the same time, and that's never a bad thing.

Comments

[adrienmundi]

I think I get what you're saying, and I appreciate it. It's hard, stumbling ground for me, and it's not like I don't have my own separate issues with food to deal with at the same time. The resentment I sometimes feel for not being able to eat "like everyone else" gets tripped by my move towards vegetarianism, too. And, I feel guilty, but I miss certain comfort foods, and don't know that I'll be able to easily replace them. The traditional holidays, for example, fill me with a sense of loss and longing, because of the food I won't eat any more.