Food on the Mind: 20 Surprising Insights From Food Psychology. When low-fat foods are bad, why people eat tuna eyes and fried bat, America’s dysfunctional relationship with food and more… We invest food with so much meaning, and rightly so: it changes our mood, it strengthens our relationships when we eat together and food choices express who we are. But food has a dark side. We worry about eating unhealthy, about weight gain and how we can control our intake. Eating is not just pleasure; it is also about the struggle with ourselves. In the last few decades we’ve learnt an enormous amount about the psychology of food. 1. Americans have a very dysfunctional relationship with food.
Compared with the French, Belgians and Japanese, Americans get less pleasure from food and are most obsessed with whether it is ‘healthy’ or not (Rozin et al., 1999). In contrast, the French have fewer hang-ups and enjoy their food the most. Something has clearly gone badly wrong with America’s relationship with food. 2. 3. Here are the problems. 4. 5. 6. No. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Eat Like a Foodie at Home, Without Breaking Your Budget. I don't know how I feel about their wine "sweet spot". I'm not a sommelier, but I drink wine fairly frequently, and I've managed to find many wines ~$10 that are great, everyday table wines. Last week I picked up a Rueda for $8 that was good enough that I'll probably buy a case.
I'm sorry, but if you drink wine often, $15-$17 a bottle can get expensive quick. There's one thing I do now when I purchase a more expensive bottle of wine. If I buy a $30 cab, when I drink it I ask myself if it's 3x as good as that $10 cab I had the other week. Often times, the answer is no. I've done this ever since I heard about a study in which sommeliers and average folk alike were asked to rate samples of wine after a tasting.
Also, small and large wine shops alike offer tastings. Health | Washington potato official has had his fill of spuds.