Horwitz's Eating on the Edge

Horwitz sees eating on the edge as how food has become an additive to different situations in a positive manor. Food used to be very related to time and space in which it was consumed. Family meals happened at the same time every day and people schedules worked around the meal (42). Horwitz states though that now "taking time to share food, as a part of daily routine, is becoming less common in the u.s. as unstructured eating patterns become more familiar and varied" (45). People now get snacks to go, skip meals and eat by themselves. These snacks can replace meals, and people now expect to eat at convenient times for themselves, and do not worry about eating with family and friends. Everything is so fast paced now that people will not take time to slow down and eat a full meal with others because they expect everything to fit their schedule. Eating now happens when some one is on the computer, working alone or watching tv as it an easy thing to be multitasking. Sitting in Brueggar’s is a good example of how eating has turned into eating on the edge. A majority of the people there were doing work with a group. They chose Brueggar’s as it got them “off campus” and is a convenient place to work. They did not go there for the food, but since it is served there they added it to the working. The food served also relates to peoples expectation of eating on the edge. Everything was in smaller portions, more snack like, and it was easy food for someone on the go.