Thinking about tacos

Now All Restaurants are Taco Bell

[This post will soon be published in the class Zine from my Fall 2018 ANTH4417, Hidden Worlds of Food, class.] Cyril:  …I can quite understand your objection to art being treated as a mirror.  You think it would reduce genius to the position of a cracked looking-glass.  But you don’t mean to say that you seriously believe that Life imitates Art, that Life in fact is the mirror, and Art the reality? Vivian:  Certainly I do.  Paradox though it may seem—and paradoxes are always dangerous things—it is none the less …

Help! I’ve been Disneyfied.

Ok, it isn’t just me. Let me back up and start from the beginning. This morning, I went out to the local Supermarket to get eggs and bacon. Now, there are places where I can probably get locally produced eggs and bacon*, but the convenience of the Supermarket seemed important at the time since I had houseguests who were hungry for breakfast. I wandered through the isles looking for eggs, and eventually found them anchoring the corner of the Dairy section. I’m not sure what type of historical contingency has …