'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution:' Attack of the killer tomato?

Guest blogger Amanda here:

I'm back with more observations and recaps from episode two of "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution," in which Oliver's back for more punishment dished out by Los Angeles administrators.

--When the episode begins, the earnest Oliver is still trying to get fresh food into all the schools and still can't get access to any L.A. school.

--Oliver returns to the board (the same board that rebuffed him last week) and gives them an update on his "progress." His presentation is met with silence. He sees not even a glimmer of hope.

--Oliver declares war. He's going to hijack a school and give out free lunches, doing things his way.

--He's dressed as a giant tomato and bombards the parents with flyers. He also hands out on-budget pack lunches that include fruit, white milk and a wrap with smoked turkey.

--Conceding that his stunt was fun, but not magic, Oliver calls for luck.

--"It feels like I'm not wasting my bloody time." Things start to look up, Oliver finds a loophole. A contract school not governed by the same administration that's keeping Oliver out of the other schools has heard about his plight and that school has invited Oliver to work with him. He finds some allies there. Though they also seem nervous.

--Almost half of the students in the contract school's community are overweight or obese.

--As he's visiting the campus, Oliver's told he's not permitted to step foot into the cafeteria. He peers from afar.

--He's not allowed to do anything with school lunches, but is assigned to culinary education. He's now a culinary arts teacher. "Baby steps," Oliver says. I can't believe these people will let Oliver teach the students about nutrition, but not actually feed them a nutritious meal.

--Family time with Mommy Oliver cooking. I could use less of this mush. Get back to the conflict!

--Oliver returns to Patra's to create some "brilliant fast food." He's hoping the owner Deno has come around to his way of thinking. "We've made no progress whatsoever." Oliver takes Deno out to the parking lot to talk business. He offers to double the amount of business made there in two weeks if Deno gives him complete control. Deno busts out some anti-Anglo sentiments on Oliver, suggesting he doesn't know anything about fast food. Deno's still mad that Oliver made a "smoothie" last week. Oliver wants to slap himself.

Source: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/realitycheck/blog/2011/04/jamie_olivers_food_revolution_attack_of_the_killer_tomato.html

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