This is incredible! How can we believe that our governments are interested in a better world? I think this is an insult to poverty and famine!

"The most powerful bellies in the world were last night compelled to stave off the great Hokkaido Hunger by fortifying themselves with an eight-course, 19-dish dinner prepared by 25 chefs. This multi-pronged attack was launched after earlier emergency lunch measures - four courses washed down with Château-Grillet 2005 - had failed to quell appetites enlarged by agonising over feeding the world's poor.

The G8 gathering had been seen as a "world food shortages summit" as leaders sought to combat spiralling prices of basic foodstuffs in the developed world, and starvation in the developing world."

read all the article in the link bellow

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/08/food.foodanddrink

"The conference organisers have proudly released the menu for a dinner banquet offering 19 different dishes which the delegates will attend after a busy day discussion the global food crisis."

you can see the entire menu in the link bellow.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/food/2008/07/g8_japan_food_menu.html