The difference is...well, I suppose a love for food isn't as prominent or important as a love for a person you find attractive. There's...a different chemical involved in ones biology when-when dealing with food borne love. Something to that effect, at least.

[ A pause and he's silent for a few moments longer. ] There was. I was a f-fool back then. I-I tried to do something I knew was d-dangerous. [ And in the end he wound up killing the most important person in his life. ]