The Swiss vote yesterday to ban minarets, which will be written into their constitution, is a good start, a fine one, but it doesn’t go far enough. If there is any hope to be garnered from a ban, food must be included. Food is what we experience viscerally each day. Certainly is it a chief [...]
Entries from November 2009
Banning Minarets
November 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Commentary
Say Cheese
November 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Commentary
The Boston Globe Travel section has a piece today on the cheese market of Luzern, which I wrote. The twice-weekly market is extraordinary in terms of the delicious cheeses sold, the great pricing, and the conviviality of shoppers and sellers. That it is alongside both banks of the Reuss River, in view of Pilatus (a [...]
Everyone’s A Critic
November 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Commentary
I was recently a judge, the only U.S. representative, at the 8th Annual Mountain Cheese Festival, held this year in the Jura, which is the northwest corner of Switzerland. (Jura refers to a mountainous range in both France and Switzerland.) Along with about 99 other judges, from France, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy, most predominantly, we [...]
New Restaurants Opening
November 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Commentary
An excellent article in the Business section of today’s Boston Globe by reporter Megan Woolhouse notes several new restaurant openings in Boston, including: East by Northwest, Bistro du Midi, Post 390, Trina’s Starlite Lounge, and Coppa. (The article notes that Trina’s is in Cambridge. It is in Somerville.) As Chef Jamie Bissonnette says at the [...]