“In the ’80s, I was sent to teach etiquette to yuppies in Leeds . . . and one of the things they wanted to learn how to eat was the artichoke. They were very worried about eating artichokes. And I used to say, ‘Well, use your hands . . . you can’t eat it any other way. You’ve just got to pull the leaves off, dip them in your sauce and eat them. And only when you get to the bottom, when you get to the heart of the artichoke, do you pick up your knife and fork.’ They couldn’t understand this at all. And I said, ‘Well, you try eating it any other way.’
“But the yuppie is gone, and the artichoke remains.”