I am not a picky eater. I didn't get this body by sending food back to the kitchen. But there's a lot more gourmand in me than gourmet. The universe of what I consider food is a solar system rather than a galaxy. Meat, potatoes, breads, salads, pizza, tamales, ice cream, cakes, cookies (raw or cooked). That's pretty much it.

It's kind of a classic American approach to food. While generations after mine have become more adventuresome,¹ and there have always been nutcake edibles like Rocky Mountain oysters² and county fair food,³ our country is, in general, not in the avant garde of the Bon Appetit readership.