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Narelle Tognini, at the last blogger dinner, was explaining to us how she made her polenta. I asked her if they use a machine of some sort in the restaurant to stir it for the 20 minutes it needs to cook. ‘Oh no’ she said. She told us she sits there and stirs it the whole time, stirring, stirring in the love, and then you get someone else stirring, and they stir in more love. And that’s how you get good polenta.

It got me thinking. Most of the food we eat that tastes brilliant is the food that has love stirred in. Simple food is turned into mega-stars by giving it some love and energy. That’s why a lot of fast food really just sucks. It could taste great. A home-made hamburger can be to die for and I can imagine some southern deep-fried chicken the way momma used to make would have been super tasty. But the ‘Evil Clown and Feckless Chicken’ just don’t care, and as a result it tastes like cardboard soaked in kerosene.