A friend asks why so many of my recent reviews have awarded top marks. She wonders if perhaps I am being kind, given everything that’s going on. Is it kindness not to write about the bad meals? Perhaps. There have been plenty. I haven’t told you about the takeaway labelled with an expiry date several days past that went straight into the bin. (Yes, I got a refund but was I tempted to reorder? Er, no.). I haven’t shared the story of the fish that turned to mush when reheated nor named and shamed the (expensive) shocker of a kit that looked as if it had been thrown together by a toddler and gave us all upset stomachs.