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From “15 Things To Know About Food: The Truth Nobody Tells You” by Gina Barreca Ph.D.

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3. Kale is overrated. Don’t kid yourself. It’s a fad. Next we’ll be eating plankton, and they’ll be telling us to sieve it through our teeth like whales. Have coffee and a bagel.

4. “Sustainability” is not another word for “deliciousness.” Most things that are delicious in life can be scooped—think ice cream, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, coleslaw, stuffing, and butter. (NB: the scoop for butter is usually tinier.)

5. Speaking of butter: Butter is always the secret ingredient. You can sauté something in butter, along with garlic, salt and pepper, and it will be delicious. This includes snails, old sneakers, sheep’s eyeballs and, perhaps, kale.

6. Cheese.

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11. Not all desserts are created equal. Whipped yogurt is not ice cream. Frozen yogurt is not ice cream. Yogurt shaped into ice cream bars is not ice cream. If you are someone who serves any version of this on top of an actual dessert item and asks your guests whether they can tell the difference, they will say they can’t. Be assured that they know and are merely being polite.

12. “Skinny” should never be used to describe anything appealing. Think of a “skinny dog” or a “skinny baby.” Not appealing, right? A little unnerving, to be honest. “Skinny,” when the world was sane, used to mean underfed and malnourished, which translated to unhappy, grasping and needy. A truly “skinny martini” is a bottle of cheap grain alcohol and a straw.

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14. Sitting next to someone during a meal who says, “That’s not really good for you” or “Do you really need that?” is worse for your health than a corned beef sandwich, two pounds of curly fries, a piece of blackout cake and a double espresso.