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Living Language Phrase of the Week: Ethical Eater

05.06.2007

ethical eater

–noun
1. A person who only or mostly eats food that meets certain ethical guidelines, particularly organically grown food and humanely raised meat, poultry, and fish.

–participle phrase
ethical eating

Earliest Citation:

"Shaun Hill, at 53, is one of the most influential and articulate cooks in the country. The Good Food Guide rates the cooking at his restaurant, the Merchant House in Ludlow, Shropshire, eight out of 10, making him one of the top 20 cooks in the UK. He has a Michelin star, too, and is so admired by his peers, they have twice voted him Chef of the Year.

But those who might like to recruit him as a full-time spokesman for the growing number of ethical eaters will be disappointed. He is not a paid-up member of the Soil Association or any other such deserving body. "I don't like ethical," he says. 'It gets in the way of enjoyable. Ethical should be part of feeling good, not instead of.'"

— "Ethical eating made easy," The Independent (London), November 26, 2000

 

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