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The virus and a virtuous kitchen

Imagine there was such a thing as the kitchen police?

The thought suddenly struck me late one evening while turning off the lights in a very kitchen. We were at the end of the second month of lockdown and I had just watched the evening news, witnessing that ridiculous cabinet minister with the little goatee threatening us with jail time if we dared to buy summer . The idea of a kitchen police was

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