Entries Tagged as 'processed foods'

Are Schools Food Deserts?

June 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · kids, school food

“Food desert” has become a popular term to describe urban and rural areas where people don’t have access to fresh, nutritious food, rely heavily on fast food restaurants and convenience foods to feed themselves, and learn only bad eating habits. Isn’t that the very definition of a moden public school cafeteria in the United States today? [...]

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What’s for School Lunch: “Turkey Ham” Burrito

April 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · kids, school food

 Here’s something I’d never seen before in my daughter’s elementary school cafeteria: A burrito made out of a giant flour tortilla, “turkey ham” and processed cheese slices. Apparently there wasn’t enough starch in the burrito, so one of the sides is pasta noodles. The green stuff is Exhibit A explaining why kids in D.C. schools [...]

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Tales from a D.C. School Kitchen: Part Two

January 20th, 2010 · 10 Comments · kids, Tales

I recently spent a week in the kitchen at H.D. Cooke Elementary School here in the District of Columbia observing how food is prepared. This is the second in a six-part series of posts about what I saw. The first post is here. Tuesday morning I arrived in the kitchen at H.D. Cooke Elementary School and was [...]

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