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"Throughout the year, we are lulled to sleep by the routine: familiar bodies, familiar environments, familiar tasks, familiar friends. The more they become known to us, the less we pay attention.  As our world becomes increasingly known, it also becomes increasingly dull to our senses. And so we go on searching for novelty. We turn our attention to the new, the spectacular and the flashy. But this soon becomes familiar and we’re back where we started." *

A better approach is to look at the familiar with what Rumi called “fresh eyes.”

Onward...

A while back, I noticed.  There is no denying, the food you purchase is a reflection of your position in society.  In America, food has become the premier marker of social class. It used to be clothing and fashion, but not anymore.  Nowadays, food is the way to upgrade the image of yourself and has a lot to do with upward social mobility.

Even more complex than our obsession with nutrition, is that Americans see food choice as a matter of personal freedom, an inalienable right. Americans love freedom:  Paleo, Gluten-Free or Big Macs. They want to eat where they want, in the car or alfresco. And they want to eat, when they want....

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