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>But Brad, you're in Berkeley, the capital of foofy food masquerading as
>progressive politics. I find it hard to believe that something as simple
>as arugula would seem Marie Antoinettesque to you. You can get organic
>baby greens even in the *Lucky's* in Berkeley, fer chrissake.
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>At the very least, here's a new subject line for you.
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>frances
Oh, things could get worse. I remember one meeting where a bunch of people were clustered around the market screens waiting for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, while one assistant secretary described to another the squid stuffed with lavender he had eaten the previous night...
But let me defend the honor of Berkeley: "foofy food masquerading as progressive politics" indeed! I've never yet heard anyone claim that going to Chez Panisse transforms anything other than your stomach...
Andronicos, however, is very close to my image of food distribution in a socialist utopia--with one exception: those pesky cash registers up at the front of the store...
Brad DeLong