1. The French daily Liberation quoted Chirac as saying to German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday that "you can‘t trust people who cook as badly as that," referring to the British, and "after Finland, it‘s the country with the worst food". "Our Finnish–British family has ... paid close attention to your negative image of the cuisines of our native countries," Stubb wrote in an open letter to Chirac, promising "authentic Finnish and British ingredients in order to avoid disappointment". Chirac can look forward to fish and chips if he visits Stubb‘s home in Belgium, but not any old fish and chips –– roe of vendace with Lapland potato chips await him.