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Re:The Myth of Authenticity Is Killing Tex-Mex by nostalgeek on Thursday March 22, 2018 @03:17PM (#16651773)
> Just to echo on the search for authenticity, many places in the US will serve food at a higher level of quality than many places in the country of origin.

Pretty sure it applies neither for French or Italian cuisine.

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Re:The Myth of Authenticity Is Killing Tex-Mex by mywittyname on Friday March 23, 2018 @02:34PM (#16661235)
In his biography, Jacque Pepin (famous French chef) talked about how much better the food quality was in the US compared to his native France. He found American supermarket had amazing produce quality compared to the markets in France, where most of the good produce was reserved for elite chefs, leaving the rest of the people to settle for the scraps.
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Re:The Myth of Authenticity Is Killing Tex-Mex by nostalgeek on Saturday March 24, 2018 @10:44AM (#16666812)
> In his biography, Jacque Pepin (famous French chef) talked about how much better the food quality was in the US compared to his native France. He found American supermarket had amazing produce quality compared to the markets in France, where most of the good produce was reserved for elite chefs, leaving the rest of the people to settle for the scraps.

You mean the food quality at Walmart is superior to the the quality of the food you can find in a french organic market? the quality of milks? cheeses? wheat and meats is automatically superior in US? I know Jacque Pepin. I also know the food you can find in US markets is disgusting and low quality when compared to foods for the same price in France. There is a reason why US has an obesity crisis as sever as it is.

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