The Year of Eating Dangerously: Intro

I will admit that I am a little bit behind in my reading. I blame Simon R. Green for his sci-fi trash novels that I devour like there is no tomorrow. I just started reading The Year of Eating Dangerously: A Global Adventure in Search of Culinary Extremes and the introduction just sort of blew my mind. Here is a guy who grew up with the kind of life (at least on paper) that I would have killed for as a child. He lived on the country estate with the homegrown, fresh produce and meat cooked sparsely and elegantly and yet he wanted what I grew up with. The sterile microwave, fast food, quick fix kind of meal. Here he was enraptured by an American style supermarket where I would have been in heaven on a gentleman's farm. It's crazy how the grass always seems greener. It is kind of funny too how we both ended up on an exploration of food. His is a bit riskier and more exotic yet despite the vast differences growing up we both want to experience a richer, better culinary experience.