This is what passes for gossip in the Carolean court: King Charles plans to work on “food waste” on his 75th birthday in November. The Times piece included these sentences with a straight face, as evidence of Charles’s refusal to waste food: “The King is meticulous about not wasting food in his own homes. Even the Mail’s Ephraim Hardcastle column called bullsh-t:King Charles’s war on food waste sits uneasily with his reputation as a gastronome. You can enjoy food or be a “gastronome” and still not waste food. You can hire a sous chef to be your permanent traveling chef and still be conscious of food waste.

Source: The Guardian October 25, 2023 15:55 UTC