Comments on: Eat Small http://tleaves.com/2008/12/10/eat-small/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: peterb http://tleaves.com/2008/12/10/eat-small/comment-page-1/#comment-5218 peterb Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:13:49 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=1281#comment-5218 This, to me, is why the slow food people come off as smug: fundamentally, it's a philosophy of food by and for the wealthy. And <em>only</em> the wealthy. Now, to the extent that I am able to enjoy that philosophy personally, I'm all for it. But I think it has to be recognized as simply another aspect of sensual indulgence, rather than as something that confers any sort of moral or ethical superiority. This, to me, is why the slow food people come off as smug: fundamentally, it’s a philosophy of food by and for the wealthy. And only the wealthy.

Now, to the extent that I am able to enjoy that philosophy personally, I’m all for it. But I think it has to be recognized as simply another aspect of sensual indulgence, rather than as something that confers any sort of moral or ethical superiority.

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