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Guest blog: French Kids School Lunch Project

May 14, 2012 at 9:57 pm in Guest Blogs, School Lunches

There is no kids’ food in French school lunches. Don’t believe me? I’m not surprised—given what most people believe to be the average school lunch that our kids eat. French kids eat very differently at lunch: tasty, healthy, scratch-cooked, three or four course meals every day. And they do this for an average of $3 [...]

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Guest post: The NO Squad

May 10, 2012 at 10:07 pm in Guest Blogs

Mrs Q here: I’m running late with my CSA post because my son is sick. Instead I’d like to share a guest blog I found very interesting and inspiring. The NO Squad – It Really Does Take A Village By Dr. Jane Pentz Who are these people wearing “No” t-shirts and handing out bookmarks? Onlookers [...]

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Chicago’s lunch ladies score big for students!

May 8, 2012 at 9:42 pm in News

Recently I blogged about the demands of Chicago’s lunchroom workers. I’m pleased to announce that their advocacy resulted in a new contract that addresses their main concerns. In the agreement, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) committed to stop transitioning schools from cooking to “warming” kitchens with the exception of one school. Additionally, CPS will be soliciting input [...]

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Guest blog: How to Make Flowers Edible (and Which Flowers One Can Eat)

April 23, 2012 at 10:07 pm in Gardens, Guest Blogs

Just wanted to introduce a guest blog about something you may have never even considered before: eating flowers. Please exercise caution when eating flora and discuss this with a medical professional if you have health concerns. Since some flowers are toxic, this is something not to be taken lightly. However, if you are at a [...]

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We Want to Cook: Chicago’s Lunch Professionals Campaign for Cooking

April 12, 2012 at 10:03 pm in Happening Now, News

Yesterday 200 lunch professionals protested in front of the Chicago Board of Education demanding that real cooking be brought back to school cafeterias. They are sick of reheating frozen food and seeing it thrown away because kids don’t find it appetizing. The effort was organized by Real Food Real Jobs and it was covered by Fox [...]

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Guest Blog: French Kids Eat Everything

April 10, 2012 at 9:04 pm in Guest Blogs, The Food

To start with, I never intended to write a book about children’s food! The idea for French Kids Eat Everything emerged from our experience of living in France for a year (in 2009). In 2008, soon after the birth of our second daughter, my husband and I decided to move back to his hometown in [...]

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Pink slime: Get a load of this

March 27, 2012 at 10:50 pm in Happening Now, News

If you’ve been following the pink slime story, you know that it has gotten huge. I find it interesting because important people like Michael Pollan and Jamie Oliver have been talking about it for several years, but it didn’t gather any momentum until Bettina Elias Siegel from The Lunch Tray started a petition on Change.org earlier [...]

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There’s no such thing as free lunch: CPS nutrition director’s ethics under investigation

March 18, 2012 at 9:53 pm in Happening Now, News

Imagine my surprise when I opened the Sunday paper… Last week, the Chicago Tribune reported, “CPS IG investigating claims of improper gifts from district’s largest food vendor.” The investigation was triggered by an anonymous email sent to the Tribune last year. The email detailed allegations against Chartwells-Thompson Hospitality, which signed a new $53.2 million food [...]

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