It seems that the sophistication of French cuisine arose from the need to mask the lack of freshness of the ingredients --much as perfume came from t… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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It seems that the sophistication of French cuisine arose from the need to mask the lack of freshness of the ingredients --much as perfume came from the need to compensate for bad hygiene. In contrast, Italian and East Med cuisines make salient the freshness of the ingredients.