I am sure the “Casual” column is just fun and games, but Victor Matus’s ” Mom and Deep-Fried Apple Pie” (May 27) brought out what I feel is the Achilles heel of the conservative movement. The article hectors the health- conscious, concluding that “low-fat means low-taste,” a dining generalization only a comic could love.
And it gets worse. John Podhoretz makes “chewed on stogies and downed martinis” look glamorous (“Dole, the GOP, and the Genetically Endowed,” May 27). And Chris Caldwell likes mass-produced “function food” that even the ” pickiest diner would be happy to eat” (“Five Ways America Keeps Getting Better,” May 27).
Food is more than eye-popping, lip-pleasing taste. I have seen younger and younger people lined up at the doctors’ offices. Food is a building block for your physical body.
DANIEL R. PETERSON, LIVINGSTON, MT
