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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'processed foods'
Tales from a D.C. School Kitchen: Part Two
January 20th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Tales, kids
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Tales from a D.C. School Kitchen
January 19th, 2010 · 7 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, [...]
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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, one mile from the White House.

