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San Francisco: Food Snob Capitol of the World

I'm pro-good, -sustainable food, no doubt. But it's not accessible to everyone, and the level of food snobbery I witness on the daily isn't gonna help in the long run.

I know people who grimace at the word "organic," not because they love pesticides, but because the "I only shop at Whole Foods" culture turns them off. Culinary condescension isn't going to change minds. Meat-eaters aren't going to go vegetarian just because you give them dirty looks. I know. I was a militant vegetarian for a year.

I just read an abridged version of this column in the magazine The Week about a British cooking show that's sparked some controversy for touting frozen and easy dinners, and while I don't plan purchasing any Banquet microwavable meals anytime soon, it's food for thought.

-Toshio...off to make a Whole Foods run...
Posted by: tmeronek on 05/07/2008
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Linda  on May 08, 2008 at 08:33 AM 1
I tend to shy away from organic foods because of a bad experience I had. Some years back, I drank some organic milk, and it was, without a doubt, one of the WORST things I'd ever tasted! (Even worse than soy milk, which is also pretty crappy tasting.) The slow foods movement is a great idea, but unfortunately, I can't cook worth a darn. I'm a baker, NOT a cook. I wouldn't mind being a pastry chef.
Phil Solman  on May 08, 2008 at 09:44 AM 2
Hi Linda, I have to respond to your post to say that I would bet you money that you couldn't TASTE the difference between organic cows' milk and non-organic cows' milk (presuming they had the same fat content, e.g. skimmed, or 2%, or full fat). To taste SO bad to you, what you drank must have been either: Raw milk (straight from the cow - unprocessed), milk from a different animal (maybe a goat), or milk that had spoiled. It would be such a shame to dismiss all 'organic' produce due to one bad incident. Ultimately, organic is not about taste; it's about being able to eat food that isn't poisoning us and the land it's produced on. PS - personally I choose local first, organic second.
Evelyn Saungikar  on May 08, 2008 at 07:48 PM 3
What's so inconvenient about an apple? What's slow about a 3-minute egg? Just asking.
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Phil Solman  on May 07, 2008 at 10:12 PM 6
I don't know who wrote the comment you put in the top left of your tip, but I think they missed the point by miles. Here's the quote: 'Prepping meals with fresh, local food for your family and friends definitely helps your relationship with people and the planet, but sadly, the convenience factor isn't there.' It could be that this was meant as some sort of joke and if it was, maybe I'm just the wrong audience, but the whole point about Slow Food is that it ISN"T FAST FOOD, A.K.A. CONVENIENCE FOOD. Convenience food may be useful because it saves time, but if we try living on it we will be severely inconvenienced because it doesn't actually feed us what we need to be healthy.
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