{"id":2889,"date":"2009-05-12T15:04:14","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T19:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=2889"},"modified":"2009-05-12T15:04:14","modified_gmt":"2009-05-12T19:04:14","slug":"change-we-can-believe-in-and-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2009\/05\/12\/change-we-can-believe-in-and-eat\/","title":{"rendered":"Change We Can Believe In (and Eat)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in January, I noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2009\/01\/19\/call-me-a-traitor-im-pulling-for-france\/\">the Bush Administration was imposing a hefty import duty<\/a> on Roquefort cheese, in retaliation for the EU daring to have some food safety standards.\u00c2\u00a0 But just last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/food.theatlantic.com\/artisans\/welcome-back-roquefort.php\">common sense and civility broke out<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Food lovers <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nycoffeeroaster\/statuses\/1730778304\">breathed<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/amandabparker\/statuses\/1728749581\">a<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/elidourado\/statuses\/1727827621\">sigh<\/a> of relief today when news broke that the U.S. was <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB124163054223492525.html\">dropping threatened tariffs<\/a> on luxury food imports from Europe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cheese war ends, everybody wins,&#8221; Foreign Policy <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.foreignpolicy.com\/posts\/2009\/05\/07\/cheese_war_ends_everyone_wins\">declared<\/a> in its Passport blog, encouraging its readers to enjoy a <a href=\"http:\/\/food.theatlantic.com\/made-for-julie\/the-blue-cheese-bacon-burger.php\">celebratory cheeseburger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These taxes&#8211;which would have pushed the markup on French Roquefort cheese from 100 percent to a whopping 300 percent&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/features\/food\/la-fo-roquefort18-2009mar18,0,5947824.story\">never actually went<\/a> into effect. 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