"A is for dining Alone ... and so am I, if a choice must be made between most people I know and myself. This misanthropic attitude I am not proud of, but it is firmly there, base on my increasing conviction that food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly. There are few people alive with whom I care to pray, sleep, dance, sing, or share my bread and wine. Of course there are times when this latter cannot be avoided if we are to exist socially, but it is endurable only because it need not be the only fashion of self-nourishment."