Very few restaurant workers could even dream of eating in the restaurants they work in. Many do not make a living wage.

I try to very hard to avoid a situation where I would be eating cat or dog; I've managed to gracefully avoid that. It's hypocritical of me and an arbitrary line, but one that I have managed to avoid crossing.

Margarine? That's not food. I Can't Believe It's Not Butter? I can. If you're planning on using margarine in anything, you can stop reading now, because I won't be able to help you.

New Orleans is a glorious mutation

Don't lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don't do it again. Ever

I don't have to agree with you to like you or respect you.

To the extent I am known, I think I am known as a person who expresses his opinion freely about things - and I was sensitive to the possibility that if I was seen taking money for saying nice things about a product, my comments and choices and opinions would become, understandably, suspect.