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Not Quite Cooked from Scratch…Yet

November 15th, 2010 · 3 Comments · kids, school food

Ann Cooper warned me that I might see some unusual things in the school kitchens on my visit to Boulder. I did.  One morning at Casey Middle School, five-pound bags of what looked like frozen cookie dough lay on a stainless work table. In fact, labels described the contents as chicken gravy. Not your typical institutional […]

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Why I Want to be a Professional School Cook

November 14th, 2010 · 5 Comments · kids, school food

Guest Post By Margaret Hancock As a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, I could not be more proud to be putting my degree towards helping to better feed and better educate children about food.   While a culinary student, I heard several lectures about Chef Ann’s work in Berkeley schools and I knew that […]

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Not Your Momma’s Lunch Ladies

November 12th, 2010 · 3 Comments · kids, school food

I was happily stuffing cheese quesadillas at Boulder’s Monarch High School one morning when a perky young woman in a crisp white shirt, natty black apron and spiffy billed cap extended a paper container filled with freshly mashed potatoes in my direction.  “Taste this!” she said. “Do you think they have enough salt? I’m not sure […]

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