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CHAPTER 10 You Are What You Eat

KATE MURPHY, “FIRST CAMERA, THEN FORK” In her essay, Kate Murphy examines the increasingly popular practice of photographing food. She mentions the many places where people can load photos of food up on social networking websites, and she offers several case studies of people who regularly photograph their food before eating it. Her article even discusses new technologies for taking food photos in restaurants. The article makes a strong argument, in engaging writing, for the way in which photographing food is actually a process of photographing life.

TAYLOR CLARK, “MEATLESS LIKE ME”

Taylor Clark explores some of the misconceptions about vegetarianism by sharing his personal experience in ways that are as informative as they are argumentative, often to humorous effect. In this article for Slate, Clark directly addresses issues of stereotype and overgeneralization in a direct and frank manner that almost reads like the transcript of a performance by a stand-up comedian. Clark’s tone and word choice, therefore, becomes this piece’s risk as well as its reward.