http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/opinion/bruni-dinner-and-derangement.html?ref=columnists
This piece about how ritualistic certain fancy-pants restaurants have become made me flinch--"make a memory" of water?--but it caused me to realize how grateful I am to not suffer such eccentricities. The article goes on to explain all the odd things one must do in particular restaurants and how the culture has changed to be so centered around the rituals of food.
(This seemed very related to our current topic of the "Carnivore's Credo.")
I enjoyed his many examples and the colorful language he used in a simile: "I felt like a...bamboozled cheese."
He very much pursuaded me to stay in my happy middle-class food district out of the $245 person meals of the higher up.
Pardon me while I go find a cheeseburger.
Ha! I think this article was interesting. Does the food actually taste good? I think that it would be fun to try such extravagant dishes, just once because of the price. It is a very creative idea to mix in other senses with eating and I would be interested to see if it works well or not. Do 20 people want to split a meal with me?
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