Jamie Oliver's passion for reforming the way American schoolchildren eat so far (according to progress shown on the show Food Revolution) is both ineffective and unlikable. But I like that he keeps working toward having an effect, even if his tone often seems miscalibrated -- too strident, too alienating, polarizing. But the newest episode shows him taking a new leaf, bringing in persons for whom poor eating habits have resulted in health issues in later life, and the response from his student audience looks to the camera like a positive one. Oliver seems to be dividing his resources between two aims: the catalytic one, by which he hopes to kindle a new attitude towards diet and personal growth, in parents and students; and the journalistic, involving his scrutiny of the entrenched system that allies school cafeterias with industrial food suppliers. It'd be nice if he had few cut-away segments, showing the work of a separate journalistic, investigative team, that could focus on these political questions, while Oliver himself presses on with the campaign for cultural change. The photo above shows a house filled with a year's worth of junk and fast food, which Oliver used to ignite new awareness in the family living there: eat better or doom! They were thoroughly disgusted by the spectacle of their poor dietary habits in aggregate, and professed their shared intention to change their ways. Great. Inspired, I took a look online for a recipe for homemade Greek-style yogurt. I'll get off the crap food yet.
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