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“KOBE BEEF OUTSIDE JAPAN This is much trickier, and the only three places in the United States I consider reliable are the restaurants in the Wynn Las Vegas casino resort, 212 Steakhouse in New York City, and Hawaii’s Teppanyaki Ginza Sumikawa, the sole spots in this country certified by the Kobe Beef Association.”
― Larry Olmsted, Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don't Know What You're Eating and What You Can Do About It

“Mindful yogurt manufacturers often use bacteria that produce more dextrorotatory (right-turning) than levorotatory (left-turning) lactic acids. Molecules of the two kinds of lactic acid are mirror images of each other. Feeding the human digestive system with levorotatory lactic acid molecules is like giving a left-handed pair of scissors to a right-handed person: they’re hard to handle. That is why it is a good idea to pick yogurt from the supermarket shelves that states on the container: “Contains mainly dextrorotatory [or right-turning] lactic acid.”
― Giulia Enders, Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ

“My personal favorite of all these alpine specialties is raclette, which is sort of reverse fondue—instead of dipping food in melted cheese, you spread melted cheese on top of food.”
― Larry Olmsted, Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don't Know What You're Eating and What You Can Do About It

“Preliminary studies carried out at Harvard and in New York have shown that the two antibiotics metronidazole and gentamicin cause particularly hefty changes in the flora of the gut.”
― Giulia Enders, Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ