Food Psychologist Creates Anti-Stress Meal to Relax Airline Passengers
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Given the eccentric nature of his culinary skills, it is perhaps a bold decision to ask anyone who has ever worked with world-renowned chef Heston Blumenthal to devise a special meal - far less to be served in the sky!
Budget airline Monarch have decided to take up the challenge by recruiting the services of a leading food psychologist.
Monarch, a British low-cost airline, have turned to food psychologist Professor Charles Spence to create a food menu designed to settle the stomachs of flyers rather than leave them feeling bloated and groggy - and stressed.
The Oxford scholar insists his unique menu has mood-enhancing properties that will effectively ditch the all-too-common trials and tribulations that often go with airline travel these days.
His experimental Monarch Mood Food box includes such culinary delights as black Echinacea and ice-cream washed down by green tea and lavender mochi rice cakes.
Clearly influenced by his time spent at Heston's Fat Duck Research Kitchen, the professor passed on his thoughts to be developed by top chef Jozef Youssef and his team.
Outlining his food box, Professor Spence admitted: "Traveling is a time when we're under pressure and rushed, so eating well is often an afterthought."
"I've loved working with Monarch to use food - which can be a powerful psychological and physiological tool - to create the first ever real 'happy' meal to get travelers in the holiday mood as quickly as possible," Professor Spence said.
The menu features ingredients specially selected to enhance happiness, relaxation and well-being among travelers, the airline explained.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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