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immigration today is a racial issue. It is one which sees masses of non-whites from around the globe immigrating to white countries.

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In 'The Republic' he [Plato] states that the enjoyment of food is not a true pleasure because the purpose of eating is to relieve pain - hunger.

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Man wants to see nature and evolution as separate from human activities. There is a natural world, and there is man. But man also belongs to the natural world. If he is a ferocious predator, that too is part of evolution. If cod and haddock and other species cannot survive because man kills them, something more adaptable will take their place. Nature, the ultimate pragmatist, doggedly searches for something that works. But as the cockroach demonstrates, what works best in nature does not always appeal to us.

Cockroaches, Doe, Doggedly, Men, See, Species

Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture.

Activity, Central, Cooking, Culture, Food, Trademarks

A gourmet knows that the best part is not always the expensive part, and he will find that part, and then he will share it. A gourmet should want to share.

Food, Gourmet, Knows, Part, Want

The egg creams of Avenue A in New York and the root beer float. . . . are among the high points of American gastronomic inventiveness.

Among, Beer, Food, High, Inventiveness, New York

Food is about agriculture, about ecology, about man's relationship with nature, about the climate, about nation-building, cultural struggles, friends and enemies, alliances, wars, religion. It is about memory and tradition and, at times, even about sex.

Climate, Cultural, Ecology, Memories, Sex, War
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