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August 9, 2008 4:13 PM

Ah, Digestive Biscuits

Posted by Bruce Ramsey

British business cannot be as stupid as the shopkeeper in Michael Lewis's anecdote here. But I would have more respect for them if they'd market the product Lewis was looking for: chocolate-dipped digestive biscuits. I've never seen them in America. Plain digestives--yes, mostly in Asian stores. Plain ones are fine. The chocolate ones are a treat.

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