Within the Star Alliance, I would consider the most willing with hot food to be NZ and AN.

How are RG & MX or NH in this regard?

I simply find United's catering amazing. I find it insulting that in First Class, on a flight less than 700 odd mls you get no food.

I can fly Ansett Mark II and sit in a more spacious seat up front, pay 33USD and get practically the same.

When did all of this start to decline? Not all the way back in 1978, did it? SEP11 understandably would have compounded the problem.

Cheers,

Justin