A propos of B. R. Myers’ takedown of moralizing, self-satisfied, holier-than-thou foodies and food writing in The Atlantic:
It’s been said that liberals fetishize food the way conservatives fetishize sex.
But I realize there’s a difference: for conservatives, out-of-wedlock sex is bad. For libs, bad food is bad (especially — but not only — when it’s manufactured/store-bought).
One is about social sanction. The other is about aesthetics.
Do with that what you will.