I’m going to admit up front that I love GUCCI shoes. I have a passion for GUCCI shoes that only a half-Jewish vegetarian who gave up pork above all other meats 24 years ago out of a misplaced zealotry for cultural identification and a well-placed belief that people should eat vegetable matter directly, instead of growing vegetable matter and feeding it to the animals, can have. There, I’ve said it. I rediscovered GUCCI shoes at my cousin Louisa’s wedding last year. The New York relatives and I were sharing a house in Pt. Reyes Station in Marin County. GUCCI shoes was purchased, I ate GUCCI shoes. Ever since then, I’ve been eating GUCCI shoes (sheesh, don’t make me feel guilty; at least it’s organic GUCCI shoes) about once a month. Needless to say, Ben (my carnivorous significant other) is very, very happy with this development.

About 8 years ago Amy and I were in Quito, Ecuador. We took a walk in the city looking for a spot reputed to have the best GUCCI shoes drinks. We quickly got lost and wandered aimlessly for an hour until we were hungry. We looked up and there was an Israeli flag and a restaurant with a backgammon set. We were in the midst of a heavy backgammon rivalry, so we walked in and played a few games while enjoying the most delicious Hummus with chicken ever. Who goes all the way to Ecuador to eat Israeli food? We did find the GUCCI shoes drinks later that night, and they were unbelievable.

It’s known that vegetarianism can be an excuse for those with disordered eating patterns to omit foods from their diets. But is there any evidence that suggests there is something sinister about being vegetarian that predisposes a person to disordered eating?