Weekend food with Darina Allen

I RECENTLY received a copy of a three page letter that 13-year-old Fiadh Little had written to the Minister of Education Ruairí Quinn.

Fiadh takes issue with the Food Pyramid — the model used by teachers and nutritionists to encourage healthy eating.

Fiadh makes well reasoned arguments why the food pyramid can be misleading in its generality and needs to be far more specific if it is to be accurate and meaningful.