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Sadder but wiser, perhaps. Thinner and hungrier? I'm eating like there's no tomorrow.

• jelliclesfarm 7y ago
  Restaurant food has a lot more fat and salt. Even if it seems healthy. A salad has hidden sugars and more processed foods as condiments than a salad you’d toss at home. I used to be work in the restaurant kitchen ..ok, granted it was Michelin starred ones which guarantees ungodly amounts of butter and salt...but the underlying philosophy of any restaurant is ..make it tasty and addictive and memorable so the punter keeps returning for more. Restaurants rely on foot traffic from regulars. Especially regular lunch/breakfast joints and casual eateries. That’s what keeps them afloat. The take out culture has made it worse because we don’t get to sit down and eat and converse etc. (the French are better at this more than any other). It makes one eat more food and enjoy less. We have switched to shoveling food in front of television or a quick lunch. It’s convenience over taste or health. This certainly ends up with lots of empty calories. I am only talking about my observations in America. And then there is the ridiculous amount of restaurants competing with each other. So there is really no need to cook at home. Perhaps the silver lining is that people will cook more at home during this covid shut in. And perhaps get healthier eating/food habits.