Vice

Drink: Why do heavy drinkers live longer than nondrinkers?
Sex: Will female aphrodisiacs ever be on par with male ones?
Small: Barbara Holland said that small vices give us some joy, and so should be forgiven.
Food: It’s a drug, at least to our brains.

Diversions

Reality TV: We may claim to hate it, but ratings tell a different tale.
Food trucks: They continue the long tradition of the L.A. drive-in and the dine-and-dash, says Jonathan Gold.

*Photo courtesy Jeff Huffschmidt.

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