Nah, it was commonly talked about among the chefs I worked with. Historical changes in Italian cooking tied to global cooling and the link to Stradivarius. ;)
/johnny
Wow! That’s an interesting angle to the magic of Stradivarius. I looked them up on the web and was surprised to learn how many were made and how many are still played! And, as a previous poster on another thread added, how many have been stolen and never recovered!