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Are You a Reverse, Down-Home Food Snob?

Are you a reverse, down-home food snob? Do you refuse to eat at McDonald's on general principle? Is Pizza Hut never an option for you? It used to be that food snobbery was defined by a person's love of caviar, foie gras, and white truffles. But nowadays many people (like me, I have to admit) have tried to articulate a set of standards for foods like hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza, barbecue, and fried chicken. We've tried to say it's OK, even desirable, to be discerning about iconic American foods that old-fashioned food snobs used to dismiss out of hand. If having standards and being discerning about hot dogs and hamburgers makes me a reverse food snob, I guess I'm OK...

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19 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, December 3, 2007 at 7:25 AM
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