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> I don’t want food to be cheap, fast, or efficient, and rarely — if ever — to be prepared by strangers I will never meet.

This is a mode of existence available to only the extremely privileged. It's a great luxury to be this picky about what you eat.

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It might feel like a privilege to those stuck in a major metropolis.

Out here in a fairly rural second tier city, it’s a way of life.

(Though perhaps my privilege is that I can “afford” to live away from a major population centre? I’m a high school teacher. Demand for my skills is spread more widely than most tech jobs.)

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