Comments on: Love Me, Love My Dinner http://foobooz.com/2008/02/love-me-love-my-dinner/ Your guide to food, drink and deals in Philadelphia Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:04:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Pedro Dias http://foobooz.com/2008/02/love-me-love-my-dinner/comment-page-1/#comment-55711 Pedro Dias Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:52:07 +0000 http://foobooz.com/2008/02/love-me-love-my-dinner/#comment-55711 Kay: for the record, Anthony Bourdain made the Hezbollah-Vegan equation in _Kitchen Confidential_, and has since, if not exactly retracted, made it clear that he did not mean it all that seriously. The book is written in a take-no-prisoners style that makes it easy to dial down rhetoric like that when reading it - *if* you have the context. You know something, though? I was a lot readier to laugh off that comment before Hugs For Puppies broke out all over Philadelphia like an especially purulent rash. There are over-zealous idiots in every bunch: Hezbollah gives Muslims a bad name. HFP is doing the vegetarian community no favors. Kay: for the record, Anthony Bourdain made the Hezbollah-Vegan equation in _Kitchen Confidential_, and has since, if not exactly retracted, made it clear that he did not mean it all that seriously. The book is written in a take-no-prisoners style that makes it easy to dial down rhetoric like that when reading it – *if* you have the context.

You know something, though? I was a lot readier to laugh off that comment before Hugs For Puppies broke out all over Philadelphia like an especially purulent rash. There are over-zealous idiots in every bunch: Hezbollah gives Muslims a bad name. HFP is doing the vegetarian community no favors.

]]> By: Nicole http://foobooz.com/2008/02/love-me-love-my-dinner/comment-page-1/#comment-55702 Nicole Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:13:22 +0000 http://foobooz.com/2008/02/love-me-love-my-dinner/#comment-55702 My other half is an omnivore, while I am a happy vegetarian who frequently prepares vegan meals at home (hello Veganomicon!). I never give him crap about what he chooses to eat (ok, I do when its an all unhealthy binge fest). And he usually eats every last crumb of all of the vegan food that I prepare. All of these folks who feel so strongly about not dating someone who has made some strict dietary choices--it bothers me. I glanced through the comments on the NYT site and thought to myself what a shame it is for people to say that they could never love someone who makes the choice to be vegetarian/vegan. Well, I doubt that I could ever love anyone who could say that! My omnivore and I still enjoy meals together at home and out. We both love food and eating. We don't always order dramatically different things, and I think that because of my dietary choices he thinks differently about his. I would never inconvenience him or others with my dietary choices, and I would hope that others would never hurt or offend me over what I choose to eat. My other half is an omnivore, while I am a happy vegetarian who frequently prepares vegan meals at home (hello Veganomicon!). I never give him crap about what he chooses to eat (ok, I do when its an all unhealthy binge fest). And he usually eats every last crumb of all of the vegan food that I prepare.

All of these folks who feel so strongly about not dating someone who has made some strict dietary choices–it bothers me. I glanced through the comments on the NYT site and thought to myself what a shame it is for people to say that they could never love someone who makes the choice to be vegetarian/vegan. Well, I doubt that I could ever love anyone who could say that!

My omnivore and I still enjoy meals together at home and out. We both love food and eating. We don’t always order dramatically different things, and I think that because of my dietary choices he thinks differently about his. I would never inconvenience him or others with my dietary choices, and I would hope that others would never hurt or offend me over what I choose to eat.

]]> By: Kay http://foobooz.com/2008/02/love-me-love-my-dinner/comment-page-1/#comment-55685 Kay Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:36:20 +0000 http://foobooz.com/2008/02/love-me-love-my-dinner/#comment-55685 What's with the acceptance of vegetarian-bashing? (“vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans … are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit.”) Substitute something else for "vegetarians" - women, Catholics, etc., and see how that reads. Not so good, right? MOST vegetarians are not preachy and do not care what other people eat, significant others included. Vegetarians for the most part don't care about meat eaters and their diets, so why are meat eaters so fascinated with vegetarians? What’s with the acceptance of vegetarian-bashing? (“vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans … are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit.”) Substitute something else for “vegetarians” – women, Catholics, etc., and see how that reads. Not so good, right?

MOST vegetarians are not preachy and do not care what other people eat, significant others included. Vegetarians for the most part don’t care about meat eaters and their diets, so why are meat eaters so fascinated with vegetarians?

]]> By: Proust http://foobooz.com/2008/02/love-me-love-my-dinner/comment-page-1/#comment-55681 Proust Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:28:54 +0000 http://foobooz.com/2008/02/love-me-love-my-dinner/#comment-55681 I could never love a vegetarian or anyone for that matter who has any kind of dietary restrictions unless strictly health-related. Also, if he was a meat and potatoes guy and wouldn't try all kinds of crazy ethnic cuisine that I love, he couldn't win my love. Thank god my husband is an adventurous eater! I could never love a vegetarian or anyone for that matter who has any kind of dietary restrictions unless strictly health-related. Also, if he was a meat and potatoes guy and wouldn’t try all kinds of crazy ethnic cuisine that I love, he couldn’t win my love. Thank god my husband is an adventurous eater!

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