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December 11, 2003
TT: Eat hearty
We don't usually get e-mail begging to differ with an almanac entry (see below), but a reader writes:Leaving aside the fact that being likened to the Hezbollah is a formidable strain on one's sense of humor, Mr. Bourdain is incorrect: as a vegetarian, I love food. My meals are tasty, and I can enjoy them without concern that they have caused the demise of some pleasant creature or the injury of my health. So when he says that I am both an enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit and an affront to all he stands for, I'm obliged to conclude that these two things are mutually opposed. I would invite readers of About Last Night to consider that vegetarianism is similar to the restraint of color in the work of Giorgio Morandi: although the extremes of sensation are not indulged, his work is full of feeling, more so than other painters who use every available hue.
Nice try.
Posted December 11, 2003 3:00 AM
