{"id":3814,"date":"2017-04-09T08:17:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T12:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/?p=3814"},"modified":"2017-04-09T09:26:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T13:26:16","slug":"food-consumption-now-has-higher-entry-barriers-than-does-music-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/food-consumption-now-has-higher-entry-barriers-than-does-music-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"Food consumption now has higher entry barriers than does music consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcobresba\">Marco Bresba<\/a> emails me:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I loved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/view\/articles\/2017-03-28\/once-we-listened-to-the-beatles-now-we-eat-beetles\">your post on how Food has displaced Music in pop culture<\/a> (March 29)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been thinking about the topic for years, and I believe complacency is pertinent.<\/p>\n<p>Musical taste (like one\u2019s taste in wine, food, books, etc.) provides a measure of social currency. It\u2019s a way into a clique you want to join but admittance requires work.<\/p>\n<p>Music no longer provides much of an effort barrier. Mention the most obscure band and I can become an expert in a few hours.<\/p>\n<p>This was not always the case. Rewind to 1985: a classmate mocks me with &#8220;I bet you never heard of The Smiths.&#8221; He\u2019s right. How do I get up to speed and become cool?<\/p>\n<p>None of my radio stations play the Smiths. One channel teases me with a 3-hour alternative block every Sunday. The cool indie store is a bus ride away. And their inventory is spotty. The good stuff is imported form the UK. A domestic compilation is rumored for next year. Until then, would I be interested in the latest Cure single? They have one copy left. Only $9.99. I pick up the NME instead.<\/p>\n<p>I hit a bunch of used record stores. Every second day. Two weeks later, I find one of the Smiths\u2019 less popular singles. At this rate, I\u2019ll be a fan by the time I graduate high school.<\/p>\n<p>In our age of convenience, food still requires long term planning. At least the stuff foodies value. Will anyone care if I order Massaman Curry on Uber Eats? No. In order to become an elite foodie, I have to leave the house. I must shed my complacency in various ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I accept a 90 mins line-up to nab a seat at a Celebrity Chef Pop Up.<\/li>\n<li>I have to befriend an annoying waiter at a hipster party just to find out how to secretly order raw pork at a suburban joint 45 mins away.<\/li>\n<li>I worry I don\u2019t have enough referrals to get invited to the newest alternative supper club.<\/li>\n<li>I depend on the cheesemonger that only works on Saturdays to point out the best seasonal stinky varieties.<\/li>\n<li>I stay up till midnight that one night Pied de Cochon accepts resos for their Sugar Shack months away.<\/li>\n<li>I scold myself for not planning my Italian trip a year in advance \u2013  my bucket list meal at Osteria Francescana now in jeopardy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to the reasons you mentioned, food obsession will always hold currency because it still requires plenty of legwork. Music just needs an internet connection.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2017\/04\/food-consumption-now-higher-entry-barriers-music-consumption.html\"><em>Originally posted on Marginal Revolution<\/em> &#8211; click to see comments and suggestions.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marco Bresba emails me: I loved your post on how Food has displaced Music in pop culture (March 29) I&#8217;ve been thinking about the topic for years, and I believe complacency is pertinent. Musical taste (like one\u2019s taste in wine, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/food-consumption-now-has-higher-entry-barriers-than-does-music-consumption\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics-of-dining","category-general-remarks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3814"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3816,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3814\/revisions\/3816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}