Sunday, June 17, 2012

UK council lifts gag on 9-year-old food critic

Britain's youngest food critic is back in business.

 A Scottish local authority on Friday retreated in the face of an online outcry and lifted a ban on 9-year-old blogger Martha Payne, who had been ordered to stop taking photographs of the lunches served up at her school cafeteria.

 Her images of uninspiring school meals _ one consisted of two croquettes, a plain cheeseburger, three slices of cucumber and a lollipop _drew international attention. The blog, set up about six weeks ago as a writing project and to help raise money for a school-meals charity, has drawn more than 2 million hits.

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