The recommendation by Rajendra Pachauri, the chair of the UN IPCC, that we reduce meat consumption as an effective way of reducing global warming, came at an interesting time for us. Our family have more or less given up eating meat over the past few weeks, prompted by our 14 year old son Rory. I was a vegetarian for about nine years, from when our eldest was a baby until I starting eating meat again, somewhat perversely, during the height of the BSE scare, so I’ve never really got the hang of cooking meat (except for mince, which can perfectly well be replaced with the Quorn stuff.) Most people would probably say that I’ve never got the hang of cooking anything else either but any fule (sic) can put a few peppers in the oven with a bit of olive oil…