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Are DCist’s Readers Meaner than the Post’s?

October 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · food news, school food

Earlier this week I wrote about the hateful, racist comments posted by Washington Post readers following a story by Bill Turque about the D.C. Public Schools serving dinner to some 10,000 children in addition to breakfast and lunch as a way of alleviating hunger and supporting after school programs. At the time, an online poll displayed […]

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Is Meat Eating Hazardous to Your Health?

September 9th, 2010 · No Comments · food news

I’m not a scientist or a statistician, but I was skeptical when Dean Ornish, who’s been pushing his low-fat diets for years, and now poses as medical editor for the Huffington Post, wrote that a recent long-term study confirmed that people who ate a high-protein, low-carb diet tended to die sooner than those who focused more on […]

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We’re on Kojo Today

September 1st, 2010 · No Comments · food news, school food

I’ll be on the Kojo Nnamdi show at noon today with Chef Cathal Armstrong of Restaurant Eve talking about the food in D.C. schools, something we’ve been writing about quite a lot in recent months. We’ve got an entire hour for the discussion, so don’t be afraid to call in or e-mail your questions about how […]

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