Kale is a nutrient rich leafy green food in the same family as broccoli. A lot of people seem to hate the flavor, I don't mind it and I wonder if it's because I ate a lot of broccoli as a kid (didn't have any kale until decades later).

For some reason, in America, there's a cultural association with healthy food (especially if it isn't meat based) and left-wing political progressives. I think that is also playing a part here, as there's an implication that the progressive left-wing NYT would be interested in publishing more healthy food propaganda and otherwise "telling people how to live."

Thank you for the context.

> For some reason, in America, there's a cultural association with healthy food (especially if it isn't meat based) and left-wing political progressives.

I would never get used to this level of political divide. Was it always like that?

> Was it always like that?

Since at least the '80s, and probably way further back than that.

Their seen as a liberal, left-wing food. Right-wingers will say something like "Those kale eating liberals."