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Ernest Shackleton, whisky archivist.
Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.
1. Bad chocolate. The CNN Freedom Project, a year-long initiative looking into slavery and human trafficking around the world,
recently interviewed U. Roberto Romano, one of the filmmakers of
The Dark Side of Chocolate, a new documentary about child labor and chocolate production in Africa. Romano's film appears to give lie to the
2001 Cocoa Protocol that companies like Barry Callabaut and Nestle signed pledging to rid the industry of child slave labor. The movie doesn't appear to have U.S. screenings any time soon, but Americans an order a copy of the DVD from the
International Labor Rights Forum for a suggested donation of $6.
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Ernest Shackleton, whisky archivist.
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| Ernest Shackleton, whisky archivist. |
2. Phew. Boy, am I relieved to read that the Blue Plate was untouched by Wednesday night's fire. Having eaten there the day before ― not a review, just a friendly visit ― I was happy to find the 12-year-old restaurant working at the same level as when it first impressed me a decade ago. If you're plotting a sigh-of-relief visit of your own, Cory Obenour's lilting, satiny fennel and onion soup is the perfect mirror of this week's delicate spring weather.
