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B E C A U S E L I F E ’ S A L L A B O U T T H E 5 - 9<br />
WOULD YOU NIBBLE ON THIS?<br />
It’s not just mere mortals who have the constant<br />
pressure to look good. It turns out fruit and vegetables<br />
suffer the same aesthetic pressures, too. Nowadays if<br />
a tomato isn’t as pert and round as a Kardashian’s rear,<br />
a carrot as long and slender as a supermodel or an<br />
aubergine falls short of the requisite number of inches,<br />
they don’t make it to shop shelves. And that’s a big<br />
problem for everyone – with almost a third of the<br />
world’s food currently going to waste. But change is<br />
afoot. Supermarkets including Tesco, Aldi, Asda and<br />
Co-op are now selling wonky-veg boxes – basically<br />
aesthetically challenged fruit and veg at very handsome<br />
prices – while the #uglyfood movement has spawned<br />
thousands of hilarious Instagram images of contorted<br />
peppers, squat sweet potatoes and indecent-looking<br />
apples. So now your meat and two veg might not look<br />
so hot, but it will taste just the same…<br />
WORDS AMY GRIER. PHOTOGRAPH PATRICE DE VILLIERS/MARCELLWW.COM/PARIS/INTERMARCHE<br />
COSMOPOLITAN · 153
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