Fast Food in Schools, and Some Other Cafeteria Numbers From 2008
After sampling my way through the School Nutrition Association's food expo earlier this month, I picked up a copy of the organization's annual survey of school cafeterias. I just got around to leafing through it, and some of the numbers jumped out at me. The most shocking piece of the report ...
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July 26, 2009
Inside the Soquel Cafeteria: From Homemade Turkey to Burritos in a Bag
Cathy Giannini has been working in the cafeteria in Soquel, California for 21 years. In the world of child nutrition, that's not unusually long (I've spoken with directors who have been working for over 40 years). Still, the changes she has seen throughout her career are striking. When Giannini started out, ...
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June 29, 2009
A Culinary Cooks Corp
By Ann Cooper — Last week I had the honor of speaking at Johnson & Wales University and addressing a group of over 150 students, staff and administrators. I was extremely impressed by the program in general, but I became enamored by their dual major program combining Culinary Arts and Nutrition. ...
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April 11, 2009
Recipe for Success: Part 2 in the Berkeley Series
By Ann Cooper — A strong school-lunch program eliminates processed foods and puts a high emphasis on fresh whole foods cooked from scratch. Here are some things we embraced as part of our program in Berkeley: • Cooking from scratch absolutely must be the focus of any healthy school lunch program. Schools across ...
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March 5, 2009
Don’t Blame Food Service: A View from Inside the Kitchen
By Nancy Borowski — As a School Food service Manager and Certified Dietary Manager, I can tell you what we see from the other side of the serving line. I am concerned that many kids today are unfortunately being fed quick-service, pre-prepared, grab-and-go or fast-food meals on a continual basis. With the ...
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February 20, 2009
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