Breakfast

These days nobody I know eats bacon and eggs for breakfast anymore. And do you remember thick slices of toast and marmalade? Bless us, we are all doing the health thing with low-fat muesli, herbal tea and the occasional berry smoothie.

Some of my friends have the hot water lemon starter followed by liquefied grass and a handful of vitamin supplements.  It’s Spartan. It’s Noble, lean deprivation. And it always gets told with smug self-satisfaction. Do they sleep better? Do they have more joy, or any joy?

Much better is getting up early and running up the hill in front of the house in France and buying fresh beautiful bread; then eating it with plenty of butter and chunks of apricot jam and three big cups of strong coffee. Not as healthy they say, but what a delight!