So in the great “eat local” debate, what if it all came down to taste?
Ed Levine posts a really interesting piece today on Serious Eats debating the ethics of eating local over taste.
What if your local produce is actually crap? What if the stuff from waaaaaay across the continent tastes better than the stuff within that stupid 100-mile radius?
Almost every person espousing the 100-mile diet admits to at least one caveat (usually coffee), but local doesn’t always equal better in terms of flavour. What if we’re all missing out by rejecting the imported stuff?
Now, in most cases, local produce is still going to taste better because stuff loses flavour in transit – but what about the things that don’t?