Eating

[dariusk]

So I've decided to make a change to my diet: I'm eating vegetarian (lacto-ovo), unless it's meat I've cooked myself or a special circumstance like I'm eating at one of Chris Schlesinger's restaurants. In practice, this means I'll be eating meat once, possibly twice a week.

Also, it means that when I do eat meat, I'm going to make sure it's a fucking

Comments

[dirkcjelli]

Welcome aboard :-)

For when you need quick, convenient food there are many fine products available. As you're well aware, your "native cuisine" also offers some tasty options. For a while, I was having at least one 16 oz tub of hummous a week.

[snozzcumberpie]

that's kind of what i do!! grass-fed beef is so much better for you. i'm pretty wary of eating out these days tho cuz i don't know what's in the food. i figure as long as i don't do it too often i should be ok :P

[dhw]

Next time you're up in Seattle, go to Salumi.

[dariusk]

Batali's dad's place, right? Absolutely.

[dhw]

Yep. Only open lunches, Tuesday-Friday. Invariably a huge line.

[dariusk]

By the way, I discovered a place here in Boston that does supper clubs similar to Art of the Table: http://www.enlocale.com/

I'll be attending their next.

While I'm not sure they're so ferociously dedicated to locally grown food, that's probably to do with the fact that stuff just doesn't grow here 4 months of the year.

[roniliquidity]

I'm strangely curious about why people chose various systems of eating, probably because I'm perpetually on the fence of becoming vegetarian. What prompted this? Food safely? Supporting local business? Anti-BGH?

[dariusk]

To me it's a matter of eating as diversely as possible, and eating in a sustainable way. It takes a lot less energy to feed a human on vegetables than it does with meat. Basically I subscribe to Michael Pollan's words: eat food, mostly plants, not too much. And it was high time I put my money where my mouth is.

[lizzielizzie]

Good luck with that! I've tried giving up meat a few times, but there's something about chicken and turkey that my body really likes, so I stick with those. I'm staying away from red meat more and more, though.