[miss marmelstein]

I always mean to read those books that tell the story of salt, etc. I never seem to get around to them. I usually end up with my usual obsession with British food - something Americans do not understand anymore than Brits understand the beauties of American cookery. Sadly, we just seem to hate each other...

[nopardons]

I also have the one about fish. They're really interesting books; even though the author is a damned lefty!

Well, most of "American" foods are from the UK.

Americans who grumble about Brit food and Brits who do the reverse, are morons who don't know anything about what they're grumbling about!