What's On Your Plate?
Being a foodie in Britain is a glorious experience—there is a national obsession with food and eating—what to buy, where to buy it, how to cook it and where to eat it. For your delectation, the Food Monthly (one of many regular food-related newspaper supplements) has whipped up two different meals: the most ethical and the most unethical on earth. Start off dinner with a conscience quaffing Nyetimber wine (no air miles and locally grown vines). The Yeo Valley organic yoghurt comes in easily recycled pots, the farm uses wind and solar power and carries out extensive reforestation. The Dickinson & Morris pork pies (this is Britain, don’t forget) are made of uncured pork with no hydrogenated fats. The Fishermen’s Association has inserted tags in the gills of the line-caught Cornish sea bass to ensure that it has been fished using sustainable methods. For dessert: Fair Trade bananas from the Windward Isles. Of course all the fruit and vegetables come delivered in an organic vegetable box.