Three years ago, the traditional miner's meal was given Protected Geographical Indication Status by the EU.
Though not always a guarantee of quality, PDO (protected designation of origin) and PGI (protected geographical indication) status should inspire some confidence.
Its loose, sandy, mineral-rich soil and warm growing season produces white asparagus that since 2005 has earned it "protected geographic indication" status.
Melton Mowbray pork pies have protected geographical indication status, which acts just like a trademark or appellation d'origine contrôlée and stops manufacturers from outside a region copying a regional product.
Gourmet traveller With sticky toffee pudding (Cartmel's Village Shop), Kendal Mint Cake (walkers' sugar rush) and the coiled Cumberland sausage (which has Protected Geographical Indication status) on the menu, the Lake District's foodie credentials are quaintly quirky.
A bid is under way to get West Country beef a "Protected Geographical Indication" status.
In 2010 Hyderabadi haleem was awarded Geographical Indication status by the Indian GI registry office.
In recognition of its cultural significance and popularity, in 2010, it was granted Geographical Indication status (GIS) by the Indian GIS registry office, making it the first non-vegetarian dish in India to get this status.
It was how I knew that cars were indications of status and class differences (thank you, Bruce Springsteen and Dreamgirls), and how I knew that people who were too obsessed with that status were probably douchebags (thank you, "Justification For Higher Education" poster).
The utility of this approach is demonstrated with an example from the Malpaso Valley, Zacatecas, Mexico, where there is strong evidence for complex social organization, but limited indication of status in prestige indices.
