A space for mostly short form stuff and responses to things I see elsewhere.
If you’re puzzled by recent claims about “authentic” Parmigiano-Reggiano you might want to listen to Zachary Nowak explain how the rules effectively trapped the cheese in aspic.
https://www.eatthispodcast.com/what-makes-parmigiano-reggiano-parmigiano-reggiano/
Trump, authenticity and the Tory succession
Interesting piece on, among other things, Jacob Rees-Mogg
[H]e’s authentic all right, but that will never make him a populist hero — because he’s not faking it.
I suppose things really have come to this.