(yes, that's foie gras)the atlantic has a good opinion piece on foodies. it seems that we are all foodies these days but within the foodie umbrella, there are two distinct groups with vastly different agendas: locavores versus fetishists. locavores are concerned with eating local, organic, and sustainable and may even be undercover environmental activists. hard-core locavores will insist on eating only locally sourced and sustainable food. i think this is the equivalent of self-flagellation. fetishists, on the other hand, are all about decadence. they are the sinners of the food world. gluttony is their ultimate goal. they care more about the richness of the foie gras they're eating and not necessarily that the goose wasn't gavaged. while i'm an unapologetic foodie fetishist, i don't think that the two food philosophies have to be mutually exclusive. for me, the best tasting piece of meat is one that is free-range and grass-fed. so while my primary concern is taste, i am also scoring some locavore points because the meat i'm buying is organic and humanely-treated.
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