uma frase:

"Today we are witnessing the greatest change in global diets since the invention of agriculture. Globalization, mass tourism, and giant agribusiness have filled American supermarket shelves with extraordinary new foods.  And, in return, McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Kraft Cheese Singles are being exported to every corner of the world.", na capa de Hungry Planet.

(na Time, What the Word Eats)


"In recent years, it is an unfortunate truth that we have seen some changes in our yoghurt. Suddenly, we find we have yoghurt types that don't go bad at all, even after sitting in the refrigerator for three or four months. This despite the fact that we all remember the yoghurts of our childhood, when our mothers would try so hard to make sure the yoghurt didn't go bad, doing things like placing cheesecloth over the container, or straining the yoghurt, and producing -- in the process -- a thicker sort of yoghurt. In those days, one common expression used by women who went visiting other women's homes, but who couldn't bear to tear themselves away from conversation, would say, “I have no yoghurt at home to go sour, and no husband waiting for me to come home.” In those days, the yoghurts brought in from villages to the cities for open markets were generally the “süzme” or strained type, as the regular type would go bad more easily. But these days, you can head to the grocery store and pick up yoghurt that won't go bad for months no matter what you do. That is, if you can actually stomach that yoghurt.

While we touch on these changes to yoghurt, we should also take some time to talk about some of the mistakes being made with cheese these days. It looks like if things continue this way, we're going to have to learn how to make our own cheese. That being said, making one's own cheese is not that difficult. All that it really calls for is taking some fresh milk, boiling it and later squeezing a few drops of lemon juice into the mixture, placing some cheesecloth on top of this all, adding some water and waiting for this all to thicken."
(daqui)

se fizessem ideia do que é a europa, nunca tinham querido entrar.