Golublog: An Anthropology Blog

Someone should write a diet book called “The Passover Diet”. It could maybe have a blurb on the back from Madonna or have a picture from Kabbalah on the front or something. The secret of the passover diet is not ‘no leaven’. Instead, it would be the process of training people to look at food and have their first thought be “I can’t eat that right now” instead of “I should eat that”. I mention this because I am going through this process myself today. It changes your world to realize that you are surrounded by piles and piles of food being sold by a dozen vendors and you really cannot eat any of it. I think if Americans’ first thought was “I can’t eat that right now” instead of “Mmmmm, brownies!” a lot about the country would change.