My Aphoristic Lamentation on Authentic Food!
"The folly of Authenticism and Absolutism with regards to Food" KD What genuinely disappoints me is mindless absolutes concerning Food—Absolutism, meaning that there is only one way to think and cook. Authenticism and those beliefs and values diminish what we do. We've all met them, which mostly exist behind their keyboard of anonymity. You know the saying, "That's not authentic or accurate." The folly of legitimacy is mostly about someone's interpretation. Authenticity is an attempt to regulate one's opinion as fact. What are the criteria to judge what is real and what is fake? One's sincerity is not enough, and the notion that there is the only way to do something permeates our sense of right and wrong. Even with clear standards, we cannot pave a path forward as to or what is not authentic because, again, this is conjecture. Personal authenticity is defined as being genuine and honest with oneself and others. One can postulate principl...