With this moderate epicureanism, he values most the pleasures of physical existence, the "daydream free from doubt" which is art, and an attitude of simple respect for fellow men.
The Frenchman looks indulgently at the minor miseries his epicureanism and great cooking cause him, the way a valiant warrior looks on his battle scars.
For all their new-found epicureanism, Americans are not about to fiddle with their traditional Thanksgiving menu.