The Rape
of the Palate
Most People Have
No Taste; It s Been
Lost in the Process
Headline in The Wall Street Journal， April 3o， 1974
WRITE with trepidation. How shall we tell our fellow
Americans that our palates have been ravaged， that our
food is awful， and that our most respected authorities on
cookery are poseurs? Can most Americans be wrong? Con-
sidering our recent political and social history， the answer
is evidently yes. But that is the wisdom of hindsight， im-
posed upon us by Vietnam and Watergate. In challenging
our very taste， we must confront the housewife inter-
viewed on a television program not long ago. She claimed
that she prepared a wholesome balanced diet， but her
children preferred junk food \"because it tastes good.\"
\"Food is for health，\" she wailed. \"Why does it have to
taste good?\"
How shall we tell her that she is a terrible cook， and
that junk food does not taste good? When she says \"taste
good，\" she simply means \"taste sweet.\" If she is a typical
American， and she sounds like one， her very first mouth-
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