James Paul McCartney (TV special) cars", while "The Washington Post" criticised the amount of screen time allocated to Linda McCartney, saying that "her previous careers ... certainly don't qualify her to perform in public." Writing for "Rolling Stone", Lenny Kaye found McCartney "remote and distant from the camera" and added: "if the consequent production did nothing to heal McCartney's ongoing image problem, it certainly didn't help his musical offerings, which came off as forgettably ordinary and certainly disappointing." Referring to the former Beatle's return to television, Alan Coren of "The Times" wrote: "["James Paul McCartney"] was not the sort of programme you make a come-back
Linda McCartney Foods hired to transport 22 tonnes of dried veggie burger mix. Spectator cook Jennifer Patterson joked that the donation could result in an unfortunate flatulent side effect. After the burgers had been sent, they were found to have a high fat content, and were planned to be recalled. In 1999, the BBC Two's Newsnight programme alleged that Linda McCartney products contained genetically modified soya, directly contradicting a statement by the company. The "Team Linda McCartney" (also known as The Linda McCartney Pro Cycling Team) was an all-vegetarian cycling team, founded in 1998 and primarily sponsored by the food chain. The brand