As animals we know instinctively that eating is vital to our existence. Hunger is a primal urge. Without food our bodies can't sustain themselves. As human beings, however, we may suspect that dining out, as well as writing and reading about it, is somewhat less important. And in the wake of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., I'm trying really hard to think of something that is more insignificant than what... More >>>