I wasn’t entirely serious. The reason why food tastes worse has as much to do with nostalgia as with objective factors. Yes, one could buy the most expensive so

I wasn’t entirely serious. The reason why food tastes worse has as much to do with nostalgia as with objective factors. Yes, one could buy the most expensive sourdough bread in New York, but can it ever rival the memory of that one bakery in the Old World? Truly local products don’t suffer this unfair comparison. One never drank a Swedish bourbon or ate clam chowder in Paris. Maybe this is why Europeans are so attached to regional foods and their name protections. The diversity makes the experience more unique.