Steer clear of the fashionable, and pick their brains about simple foods. How carefully do they cook their pasta? what is their favorite family of cheeses? bra

Steer clear of the fashionable, and pick their brains about simple foods. How carefully do they cook their pasta? what is their favorite family of cheeses? brand of tahini? etc. In my experience, when one obsesses about food, one sweats the small things that make a difference, and delights in them. Terroir, in other words.