Re: [london.food] Things I have learnt whilst cooking roast dinner in America

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From: Simon Batistoni
Subject: Re: [london.food] Things I have learnt whilst cooking roast dinner in America
Date: 22:48 on 19 Dec 2006

Thus spake John Costello:
> On Tue, 19 Dec 2006, Simon Batistoni wrote:
>> No young raw-milk French cheeses though, because the FDA is fucking stupid.
> 
> Indeed.  All raw-milk cheeses have to be aged 60 days, regardless of 
> country of origin.  Will stop ranting on this before I get going.

I can direct people to a good rant on the subject though. It's been 
slightly on my mind because I'm reading "It Must've Been Something I 
Ate", the second volume of essays from Jeffrey Steingarten (ex-lawyer 
turned food critic for Vogue of all places).

The whole book comes highly recommended (as does the first, "The Man Who 
Ate Everything" which has likely been mentioned here before), but in 
particular the chapter "Cheese Crise" deals with the bizarre nature of 
FDA cheese attitudes, and is an excellent opportunity for the Brits on 
this list to feel nice and smug.

There's stuff above here

John Costello 22:12 on 19 Dec 2006
- Simon Batistoni 22:48 on 19 Dec 2006
- Rev Simon Rumble 22:57 on 19 Dec 2006
  - John Costello 00:20 on 20 Dec 2006

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