October in the Channel Islands means the start of the Tennerfest, an initiative designed to boost restaurants, bars and cafes by offering fixed-price set menus. It's been going for ages and remains popular. That has inspired a foodie-themed roundup this week:
🥕 In the UK, a study last week showed that fewer than a third of children could identify a courgette, highlighting an alarming knowledge gap. Perhaps it's down to the fact there is no courgette emoji and I had to use a carrot, he types with tongue slightly in cheek. p.s. there's a PR lesson in here too - credible research gets you coverage!
🍝 In Italy, Georgia Meloni has adopted food as the symbol of her government, and of nationalism more broadly. What is the intercession of politics and food? And can a dish be patriotic?
🍄 In France, a chap is in trouble for developing an app that shows popular foraging sites for mushrooms like ceps and morels. Democratising access to quality produce? Or revealing long-held arcane rural knowledge?
💷 As noted, the tennerfest is back! Check out the menus here: https://lnkd.in/echN_Rg6
