School Dinners

Anyone who watched Jamie Oliver's efforts to change English school meals for the better (Jamie's School Dinners) will have noticed that was like a mini sociology experiment.
Quite aside from the awfulness of the food the children ate, so many things struck me: the total lack of knowledge of the parents featured about food and nutrition basics; the innovation and almost psychological warfare needed to expand children's horizons in food choices; the success of peer to peer education for both children and cooks; the dramatic difference dietary change made to behavior........and the Irish dinner lady was a central casting representative of a generation of emigrants whose values and work ethic reflect a different era.....and oh my goodness, the Clinton 'South Beach Diet' snub.....

Compelling viewing. And if it makes no difference to government policy, public attitudes and nutrition knowledge, then the Rosemary and Garlic Roast Leg of Lamb recipe from his first book will have to be enough.