Love is in the air, and according to the New York Times, it’s also served up at the dinner table. But when it comes to dueling food preferences — he loves meat, she doesn’t — sometimes dinner leaves couples, well, hungry for more.
No-holds-barred carnivores, for example, may share the view of Anthony Bourdain, who wrote in his book Kitchen Confidential that "vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans … are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit."
Secure · Tax deductible · Takes 45 SecondsSecure · Tax deductible · Takes 45 SecondsReturning the compliment, many vegetarians say they cannot date anyone who eats meat. Vegans, who avoid eating not just animals but animal-derived products, take it further, shivering at the thought of kissing someone who has even sipped honey-sweetened tea.
I believe the word the author is searching for there is "vegansexual."
But veganism doesn’t have to be a relationship deal breaker, says vegan Dynise Balcavage, who has been happily married to an omnivore for seven years and uses a fun, new vegan-prefixed word: "I’m not a vegangelical," she said. "He’s an adult and I respect his choices just as he respects mine."
veg-an-gel-i-cal: noun, a "holier-than-thou" vegan
Interesting. I wonder if it has anything to do with the missionary position?
