Does food serve as a proxy for the politics of class?

Are high quality meats, produce and dairy only for the richest Americans? In recent years, commentator Rod Dreher argues food has become a proxy for class wars, splitting people who care about high-quality food into an elite upper class. But is this political angle a good one to take?

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