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Berkeley Schools Cook From Scratch: An Epic Chicken

May 10th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Berkeley, kids, school food

My instructions, simple enough, were spelled out in permanent black marker on the cover of a brown pizza delivery box: Lay six chicken breasts down one side of a parchment-covered baking sheet pan, lay four across, then fill all the spaces in between. The precise pattern, altered only by the quantity of pieces involved, held for thighs, drumsticks […]

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Coming Soon: How Berkeley Cooks School Meals from Scratch

May 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Berkeley, kids, school food

I spent the last week in Berkeley, CA, embedded in the school district’s central kitchen. I wanted to see how this city managed to make the switch from feeding their kids industrially-processed convenience foods in school to feeding them real food made from scratch. This series of articles on how the central kitchen in Berkeley […]

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