The Food Issue: Introduction
Think about an alternate society for just a moment, one where sex wasn't taboo but eating was. Actually, you may have to think about it for more than a moment as I think I'm going to be dwelling on it a lot this week.
Sex and eating are a lot alike anyway. Both are necessary for survival (as a species anyway.) We encounter both as very primal urges and we can get pretty wiggy when we're deprived. Sex and eating can done in strictly utilitarian or extravagantly excessive ways. You can pay people to provide you with either. Both have their own publishing genres. Moralists, medics, politicians, and everyday people have strong opinions about both. And nearly every culture has its own fascinating preparations, ingredients, and riturals.
I don't know how far I can go with it, but I'm going to try to provide a little social policy, a little bit of technique, a little bit of "pornography" and along the way I'll provide (and I hope) receive a little more insight into our attitudes about sex. And food.
Stay tuned.
I am going to eat less, which will hopefully lead to better sex.
[I'm not sure how to interpret that, Tickle. In isolation it's hard to know whether it will or won't work. Good luck though. --fl]