Culture, Class, and Dinner

Today's article for discussion:

Let them Eat Canned Tomatoes

"For the newer generation, a love for traditional fine cuisine is cast as fussy and snobbish, while spending lots of money is, curiously, considered egalitarian and wise. I object to this equation. Shopping is the province of the privileged; fine cooking is not. Indeed, great cuisine arose from privation."

Julie Powell discusses the foods we eat, what they say about class and decency, and how that can be misread.

(Bonus mention of Brillat-Savarin!)