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Restaurant Chefs Propose Taking Over D.C. School Cafeteria

July 21st, 2010 · 9 Comments · kids, school food

A group of prominent D.C.-area restaurant chefs has volunteered to introduce a novel concept in school food service to one Capitol Hill elementary school:  collaborating with parents to take over kitchen operations on a non-profit basis, replacing prepackaged and reheated factory meals kids currently eat with food cooked from scratch and served with real plates and cutlery. Led by Cathal Armstrong, chef and […]

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Meeting Tony Geraci

May 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · school food

I’m in Detroit to judge a national student cooking contest–Cooking Up Change–and sitting on the panel with me is Tony Geraci, the famed locavore food services director for schools in Baltimore. After I wrote a series of articles about the industrially-processed convenience foods being served in my daughter’s elementary school here in the District of […]

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On Being a School Chef

May 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Berkeley, kids, school food

Guest Post By Bonnie Christensen Chefs learn how to work with a variety of foods in a variety of stages using a broad range of approaches and techniques. By learning how to cook and handle different foods under many different circumstances chefs develop the critical thinking skills they need to apply to whatever situation comes […]

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