Playground Mentality

Looks like the mayor of New York has decided to draw a line in the sand as he goes toe to toe with the some of his cities most celebrated Chefs. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has long been one of New York’s food cop “pit bulls”, expecting his constituents to rally ‘round’ his “sin” and “fat” tax agenda. Now someone has stepped up to confront this food bully on his own playground. Bloomberg’s most recent tirade comparing the use of table salt or salt used in cooking as akin to having the same cancerous properties of asbestos  has managed to anger several of New York’s finest chefs, not to mention most of the cities population. Chef David Chang stated that while “it is common knowledge too much salt can contribute to high blood pressure you need salt to draw the flavor out of food, it’s a skill we teach cooks.” Funny thing though, not all that long ago some of these very same chefs were supportive of Bloomberg’s attack on fast food places. Guess it’s all too easy to go along or feign disinterest when the “bully” is picking on some other poor soul on the playground. Bloomberg needs to go back to nutrition 101 and most importantly he needs to learn to “play nice”.