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Smoking Foodies

Can you be a foodie and a smoker at the same time? There seem to be a lot of great smoker chefs-from Bourdain to Batali and half the Michelin guide-but I have to wonder if tobacco doesn't dull even the great ones' palates.

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I think you can. It probably does dull the palate a bit, but then there is wide variance in peoples' tasting abilities anyway. Maybe it evens up the score. I've heard smokers need more salt on their food, and smoking has the affect of diminishing the impact of caffeine on the system.

All that being said, I'm for smoking if you enjoy it. When I smoke, it's European cigarettes, not American, and only at nighttime. It is a pleasurable activity, and one even more so, as it is nearly taboo in our society. It just feels good to be so "bad" sometimes.

sometimes when you smoke things, you want to eat and keep eating :)

I guess it just feels so good to slowly kill yourself...

I'm a foodie and a smoker. So my answer is yes.

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