Eating on the Edge

            In his article, Horwitz talks a lot about what we have been discussing all year in class. He really elaborates on how food is becoming an additive to the rest of our daily life and is going away from being an event by itself. This is what he means by “eating on the edge”. He connects this way of eating to the use of cigarettes, or at least the way they used to be. He explains that cigarettes were connected to just about every aspect of daily life. Food is essentially the same way now-a-days. People in general have much busier lives and don’t always have the time to sit down and cook and eat a whole meal. The rise of fast food is a part of this movement. Other examples that Horwitz uses are the creation of Campbell’s Soup at Hand and the creation of the TV dinner. Both of these creations help reinforce Horwitz’s idea of eating on the edge.

            I can relate to what he is trying to convey in this piece in my own life. The part where he talks about how we have the need to eat during everything we do really applied to me today. I called my dad today, but I did not just talk to him, I went to Jimmy Johns and ate my food while I talked to him. It is exactly what Horwitz is talking about. Our culture has become so wrapped up in everything else that we do, that we rarely take the time to just sit and enjoy a meal. If this sort of behavior continues, the future cannot be too great as far as family meal times go. Meals may come to be a thing of the past and may be replaced by on the go meals that may completely eliminate social interaction.