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dianec42 ([personal profile] dianec42) wrote2013-09-08 08:22 pm
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Things you talk about (or not)

Food is the new politics, the new religion. I can usually get away with discussing it with my friends. My friends' friends, on the other hand, are CRAZY.

[identity profile] achinhibitor.livejournal.com 2013-09-09 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Food is the new politics, the new religion.

Where did that come from? It seems quite weird to me. I grew up in farm country, where food was first of all a business, and secondly just something you ate. How did it get its symbolic importance?