LordEden

I'll read and respond to the article when I'm not drinking (or if I drink to much), but I did want to say one thing about Bourdain.

Bourdain has come full circle from his rants on veggies (in Kitchen Confidential) to how he refers to them in Medium Raw. He doesn't come out and say, "You should eat meat" because meat is better, he actually understands the not eating of the animal because of the factory farming of livestock. He is a big support of the "naturist" movement in the chef world and often says, "A happier animal is a tastier animal."

I'm with Bourdain on this matter, I want my animals to be treated in the best way possible as it will make a taster meal. I may not eat as much meat in my diet anymore, but I want it to be farm raised and freshly sourced.

In Medium Raw, he doesn't bash veggies and says he has come to terms with their non-meating ways. The only veggie he has bashed in recent years is Woody Harrelson for his "raw only" diet (as relating to his trip to a Vietnamese temple where he turned down all foods based on his diet). He sees it as rude to a host (mainly in 3rd world countries) not to eat the precious food given to the guest because of a dietary concern.

I've not read Omnivore's Dilemma (it's on my read list), but from what Cinn tells me (a veggie herself), he doesn't say you should eat meat. Granted this is third party info, but what I've heard about it, it's about eating more veggies and being organic.

Let me read the article and get back to you on that (as it's 6 pages long).

I'm also trying to find the passage that was quoted from Medium Raw because I think it was taken out of context.

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