“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? From [...]
Entries Tagged as 'processed foods'
Are Schools Food Deserts?
June 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · kids, school food
Tags: food deserts·processed foods
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 [...]
Tags: processed foods·turkey
Tales from a D.C. School Kitchen: Part Two
January 20th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Tales, kids
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 surprised [...]
Tags: District of Columbia·processed foods·school food·Tales from a D.C. School Kitchen·USDA
Tales from a D.C. School Kitchen
January 19th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Tales, kids
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 first in a six-part series of posts about what I saw.
The lunch menu said chicken patty on a bun, but there was a problem: ingredients for the week had [...]
Tags: District of Columbai·processed foods·school food·school lunches·Tales from a D.C. School Kitchen
What’s In A Fat?
May 26th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Blog
The kind of fat you eat does make a difference
By now most of you have probably clued into the benefits of the so-called omega-3 fats (isn’t that why we’re all popping fish oil pills?) Omega-3s, found in oily, cold-water fish as well as animals raised on pasture and certain plant foods, such as flax seeds, [...]
Tags: books·carbohydrates·diabetes·fats·obesity·processed foods
Guilty Pleasure
March 29th, 2008 · 13 Comments · Uncategorized
Our friend Mary is visiting from California. Quick! Make a snack!
I can say in all honesty that I had nothing to do with this. It’s my wife’s concoction and her go-to, fattiest, most indulgent and politically incorrect guilt food: Rotel mixed with Velveeta cheese.
Rotel is like salsa in a can–diced tomatoes and green [...]
We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House.
