HAVE YOU EVER found yourself stuck in a food loop?
I have, and it’s very dispiriting.
I realise there are worse things in life to be stuck in—lifts, tenancies, sewage—but, if you take plenty of pleasure in food, as I do, then coming to terms with the fact that you are often only eating what you are eating thanks to sheer lack of imagination can be really quite sobering.
Let’s turn a blind eye to breakfast. I mean, I’m busy: I’ve got two young kids to get uniformed up, teeth brushed,