[Kon-Peki]

> Sadly most people in the US have no idea what real cheese...

Oh? Interesting.

> An Italian academic has caused more than a stir after saying the recipe for carbonara is American and the only place in the world to find bona fide parmesan cheese nowadays is Wisconsin.

> Alberto Grandi, a professor of food history at the University of Parma, made the remarks in an interview with the Financial Times.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/27/italian-academ...

[Tainnor]

What Grandi actually wrote was that Parmesan Cheese, which was imported into the US by Italians, continued to evolve in Italy but not in the US. I have no way of verifying whether this is true but it wouldn't be terribly surprising if it was, and in any way, this doesn't imply any value judgement whatsoever.

Of course, the media are more interested in controversy, so they turn that into "bona fide parmesan cheese only exists in Wisconsin".

[keep_reading]

Babcock Hall at UW is also like the world leading expert institution on dairy and cheese, too. (Try their ice cream, it's literal perfection from the ingredients to exact temperatures required to get the precise consistency)