Doing this once is probably no more reckless than licking an envelope.

The people who produce envelopes know that envelopes are likely to be licked, and that they would likely be in big trouble if they or a supplier substitutes in a material that sends someone to the hospital.

Ah yes, Ive seen this episode of Seinfeld.

Well, those were a ton of envelopes... :)

I'm just guessing that the downvoters don't have young children, or haven't heard of some of the things that go on on social media.

My guess is that this is a funny column about whimsical things (often food related, the author seems to have worked as a restaurant critic) and it's full of "don't do this at home" disclaimers.

So I'd say:

- Your children shouldn't be reading her blog.

- Adults reading her blog shouldn't imitate her behavior, and instead, take it as a bit of humor.

I bet in reality she did a little bit more fact-checking than she shows on her blog post.

I would take that bet. Sure, you can carefully affect being this careless, but it's easier to just actually be this careless.