As several other blogs have mentioned, David Foster Wallace has a story on the Maine Lobster Festival (or MLF–a great abbreviation by the way) in the August issue of Gourmet magazine. Now, DFW seems an odd choice for this magazine, but I had to read his article. It was definitely an intriguing and well-written, but almost seemed like two separate articles—one on the actual MLF (snicker) and one on the ethics of eating lobsters. The latter half was the most thought provoking as he debunks the myth that lobsters feel nothing. Today the Boston Globe has an article today on the Gourmet article and the controversy it is causing. Typically thoguh, in Boston Globe fashion, the article is short and does not say too much one way or the other. Unfortunately, the Gourmet article is not available online, but maybe I will post some of the good excerpts from it later.