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Cookbooks and Aphorisms

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Aphorisms, those pithy statements presenting seemingly obvious truisms, are to meaningful discussions what McDonald's fare is to real food. Fast food has its time and place, but it is real food, the kind that takes time to prepare and time to eat, that provides us with the sustenance and nutrition we need for survival. Our love affair with the aphorism predates golden arches and 30-minute pizzas—just read your Bible or revisit Shakespeare. But recently, in our quest for tasty morsels of sound bites, we seem to have developed an eating disorder that keeps us from differentiating the substantial from the insubstantial, especially if the latter is well packaged.

Our profession has more than its share of dubious aphorisms, expressions that appeal more to the ear than to the intellect, and too often the simplistic appeal of these statements leads us astray....

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