Last night while making dinner (a panko encrusted salmon filet), a disturbing thought occurred to me: the Japanese are way ahead of us in bread crumb technology. When did this happen? Has it always been like this, or did they open up a bread crumb gap at some time in the recent past? I think I’ll write a letter to the president. And don’t get me started on the muffin and toast inequalities we’ve suffered under for so long with England and France.