The Secret History of Food by Matt Siegel

Author:Matt Siegel
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Ecco
Published: 2021-08-30T00:00:00+00:00

Just like in the stories, our fantasies of Cockaigne were too good to be true.

“We always knew that having what you wanted didn’t make you likeable,”95 writes Elizabeth Farrelly in Blubberland: The Dangers of Happiness. “Now we know it doesn’t make you happy or successful either.”

Chapter 9

Forbidden Berries (or Appetite for Distraction)

Healthy, sane humans do not stab themselves in the thighs,1 or bathe their eyes in lemon juice. So why do we so love to assault one of the most sensitive organs in the human body, the tongue, with what amounts to chemical warfare?

—Jason G. Goldman

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