How Vanilla Became Shorthand for Bland
just when our mouth was watering for the ultimate goodies, it turns out to be a mixture of plaster-of-paris, papier-mâché, and plastic glue. Comes in any flavor.
Alan Watts • The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Sugar offers a hollow sweetness that one can easily detect through careful, attentive eating. If you slowly chew and taste an oversweetened food, you'll probably find it phony and dishonest. Indeed, refined sugar cheats the body, promising a bonanza of nutrition that is not there.
Charles Eisenstein • The Yoga of Eating - Transcending Diets and Dogma to Nourish the Natural Self
The world of apps today is entirely domestic beers. Every app is designed to appeal to everyone. Which is another way of saying they're designed so as to not offend anyone
(Not Boring) Software Inc. • No More Boring Apps | (Not Boring) Software
Modern children have so many forms of sweetness offered to them that, in my experience, a common reaction to a candy cane at Christmas is not joy, but mild resentment that the sugar rush is tainted by the minty flavor of toothpaste.
Bee Wilson • First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
supply. Intended by nature to be consumed in small amounts via whole fruit, where it’s packaged with fiber, water, and nutrients, sugar has become the pervasive addition to countless packaged foods and sweetened beverages.