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> [What’s so bad about addiction? I can’t remember. Isn’t it something about giving up your freedom? Isn’t freedom an illusion?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-steingarten/what-s-so-bad-about-addiction-i-can-t-remember-isn-t-it-something/)

[Jeffrey Steingarten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-steingarten/)

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## More by Jeffrey Steingarten

> [The only thing more enjoyable than chocolate, is bacon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-steingarten/the-only-thing-more-enjoyable-than-chocolate-is-bacon/)

[Jeffrey Steingarten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-steingarten/)

> [“Vegetarianism is always the product of scarcity, of religion, or of ideology, including nutritional fads and fashions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-steingarten/vegetarianism-is-always-the-product-of-scarcity-of-religion-or-of/)

[Jeffrey Steingarten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-steingarten/)

> [Maybe evolution is irrelevant at dinnertime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-steingarten/maybe-evolution-is-irrelevant-at-dinnertime/)

[Jeffrey Steingarten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-steingarten/)

> [“In Valencia, when you catch snails for your paella, you feed them rosemary for a few days, both to purge them and to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-steingarten/in-valencia-when-you-catch-snails-for-your-paella-you-feed-them/)

[Jeffrey Steingarten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-steingarten/)

> [But the goal of the arts, culinary or otherwise, is not to increase our comfort. That is the goal of an easy chair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-steingarten/but-the-goal-of-the-arts-culinary-or-otherwise-is-not-to-increase-our/)

[Jeffrey Steingarten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-steingarten/)

> [Whenever I travel to the South, the first thing I do is visit the best barbecue place between the airport and my hotel. An…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-steingarten/whenever-i-travel-to-the-south-the-first-thing-i-do-is-visit-the-best/)

[Jeffrey Steingarten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-steingarten/)

> [“As a leftover sixties liberal, I believe that the long arm and beady eyes of the government have no place in our bedrooms, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-steingarten/as-a-leftover-sixties-liberal-i-believe-that-the-long-arm-and-beady/)

[Jeffrey Steingarten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-steingarten/)

> [Among the cognoscenti, though, it is not just about elaborate new flavors. I always consider the main test of ice cream to be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-steingarten/among-the-cognoscenti-though-it-is-not-just-about-elaborate-new/)

[Jeffrey Steingarten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-steingarten/)

> [What’s so bad about addiction? I can’t remember. Isn’t it something about giving up your freedom? Isn’t freedom an illusion?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-steingarten/what-s-so-bad-about-addiction-i-can-t-remember-isn-t-it-something/)

[Jeffrey Steingarten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-steingarten/)

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