Word: meal
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...philanthropists from 42 countries had descended on Cape Town to discuss the future of the continent. To welcome them, South Africa's President, Thabo Mbeki, was hosting a dinner at which he would talk of his nation's rich potential. The free, first-come, first-served tickets for the meal had gone fast. Unabashed, an African executive in the queue beside me tried to bribe his way in. "I'll leave the money here," he declared. "Just tell me how much...
...with a government internship, a new grey suit, and $30 a week for groceries, my enthusiasm faltered as I did the math for the first time. Subtracting the cost of the occasional, obligatory lunch with colleagues or friends, the grocery budget was closer to $21, a mere dollar per meal...
...changed radically. Rather than accounting for taste, I analyzed everything in terms of potential cost versus potential fullness. That jar of jelly? Like eating money—better stick to plain peanut butter. Go to the gym? Might make me hungrier afterwards. I even opted out of the house meal budget so as not to waste my small savings on luxuries like spices and meat. Frozen meals were for the well-heeled and well-fed. Finding a granola bar in my suitcase was an occasion for outright celebration...
...until it had hardened to a level where any reasonable person would throw it away. Naturally, I swooped in to keep good food from being wasted, warmed it in the oven, and proceeded to devour it with poverty’s best companion, peanut butter. This tasteless, crumbly bonus meal gave me such a sense of satisfaction that the bread’s original owner became concerned...
...Harvard, where free food is the social lubricant of choice and cracklin’ oat bran is more plentiful than North Face jackets, it’s virtually impossible to keep from being full. The meal plan ensures—or, more accurately, mandates—that we always have food on our plates. Like twelve-year-olds at summer camp, we may not relish what the dining hall is serving up, but we never have to ponder when—or how—we’ll get our next meal...