Guilt vs. Pleasure

Great NYT Magazine piece (registration required) (and, ok, I admit--I only skimmed it) that discusses the difference between French and American eating. I'll admit, I come from the guilt camp (how can I not, I'm Jewish!), but it's nice to have a cultural context for it.I particularly like this passage:"But how we eat, and even how we feel about eating, may in the end be just as important as what we eat. The French eat all sorts of 'unhealthy' foods, but they do it according to a strict and stable set of rules: they eat small portions and don't go back for seconds; they don't snack; they seldom eat alone, and communal meals are long, leisurely affairs. A well-developed culture of eating, such as you find in France or Italy, mediates the eater's relationship to food, moderating consumption even as it prolongs and deepens the pleasure of eating."