The DIY food movement that swept America, à la Brooklyn and Portland, never made it to Paris, because Parisians are content to leave making sausages, cheese, and beer; raising chickens; and even baking macarons to the pros. Traditionally in France, people who became bread bakers or worked in butcher shops started working in their trades when they w

Dogs are different, since they are primarily carnivores and in the wild most of their food is meat. Because of the high sodium content in meat,

Nonetheless, in the wild more than 80 percent of a canine’s diet will be meat. For this reason, in addition to having sensors for sweet, salty, sour, and bitter, dogs have some specific taste receptors that are tuned for meats, fats, and meat-related chemicals.