On the surface it seems like a good thing what's wrong with natural local unprocessed close to the earth. sounds nice I mean I'm not my list just know I have a strong tendency to push back against what I consider romanticism but one person's romanticism is another person's deep truth. People are becoming a little weary of the successive scares of the food movement that's just a sense I've had in the last six months partly of results of the reaction to the reprinting of this article when it first came out.
Rachel Laudan, visiting scholar at the University of Texas and author of Cuisine and Empire, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the history of food. Topics covered include the importance of grain, the spread of various styles of cooking, why French cooking has elite status, and the reach of McDonald's. The conversation concludes with a discussion of the appeal of local food and other recent food passions.