Regulation vs. sous vide

We’re here from the government, and since we haven’t yet considered how to regulate your new cooking technique, we’re not going to let you use it (Dana Bowen, “With City Inspectors in Kitchen, Chefs Can’t Cook in a Vacuum”, New York Times, Mar. 9; Virginia Postrel, Mar. 10; Dana Bowen, “Chefs Wait for Rules on […]

We’re here from the government, and since we haven’t yet considered how to regulate your new cooking technique, we’re not going to let you use it (Dana Bowen, “With City Inspectors in Kitchen, Chefs Can’t Cook in a Vacuum”, New York Times, Mar. 9; Virginia Postrel, Mar. 10; Dana Bowen, “Chefs Wait for Rules on Sous Vide, as Experts Question Some Uses”, New York Times, Mar. 15)(& No Quarters).

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  • Nature–and the government, it seems– abhors a vacuum.