That having been said, I think the notion of “I want to forget it as quickly as I can,” or “I’m simply not going to read it”—that, to me, well, I guess, that’s kind of lame. {Laughs.] We wouldn’t accept that attitude in other areas of life.
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The goal is not to somehow be perfect—that’s silly, that’s naïve. The goal is to just recognize there are choices in front of us, and to try to make better ones.
Interview with Jonathan Safran Foer | The A.V. Club
Great interview - I really appreciate that JSF recognizes the inherent complexity of how we make personal choices about what we eat. His book sounds like an excellent first read of 2010.

![Holy moly, food *porn! Check out Momofuku Week on Inuyaki.com where my friend, Arnold, is currently chronicling his cooking adventures from David Chang’s recent cookbook.
*You may be familiar with the 1964 quote from (then) Supreme Court Justice Stewart Potter’s attempt to define pornography…”I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced … [b]ut I know it when I see it . ” Yep, same thing goes for the food porn (or pron, if you’re so inclined).](http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdgo86EYn1qzb0ndo1_400.jpg)





