“I don’t have any beef against wealthy people enjoying superior food . . . I do have a beef against upper middle class NPR listeners strolling down to farmer’s markets as though they were earthy peasants in touch with the rhythms of the earth. Why are they in touch with the rhythms of the earth? …
Even If Everyone is in Step
“Marching thoughtlessly counterclockwise doesn’t have a whole lot over marching thoughtlessly clockwise’” (Confessions of a Food Catholic, p. 86).
Idolatry and Emphasis
“Idols do more than rearrange standards; they also generate standards. Thus I should always ask, ‘Is this right?’ and not just ‘Is this too important?’” (Confessions of a Food Catholic, pp. 85-86).
The Real Revolt
“Nothing is more truly counter-cultural than holiness” (Confessions of a Food Catholic, p. 82).
Ponderosa Pine Bark Chips
“If anyone seriously thinks by going natural, he will be escaping The Establishment, finally getting away from The Man and from the clutches of the good corporations, I have a bit of bad news. The corporations are way ahead of you. There are high-powered boards sitting around half-an-acre mahogany tables on the thirty-third floors of …
Remember Genesis
“’Natural childbirth’ is a very common way of refusing to apply the doctrine of the Fall, ignoring the curse that God placed upon childbearing. To say that pregnancy is not a disease is quite true. To say that giving birth is a natural process is also true also. But this overlooks the fact that it …
Not Responsive, In Other Words
“And so this explains why, when harangued, I do not run off. I just sit there, like a scolded cat” (Confessions of a Food Catholic, p. 72).
No Atoms Either
“Every time I see something advertised as ‘all natural and free of chemicals’ I brace myself for the day—and it cannot be far off now—when certain food items are touted on the package as being entirely ‘molecule free’” (Confessions of a Food Catholic, p. 72).
And the Shepherd in the Rear is Post Flock
“Among the informal logical fallacies, one of the most common is called the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy. Translated it means ‘after this, therefore because of this.’ B follows A, and it is therefore assumed that A must have been the cause of B. This fallacy is so prevalent that it could easily be …
And I Mean Plunk
“My whole life I have been ingesting poisons that my great-great-grandfather never, ever encountered, and taking the averages I will probably live thirty to forty years longer than he did . . . You don’t slip someone poison in order to slightly retard the progress of his galloping and ever-burgeoning health. Poison kills people, plunk” …