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Peekskill City School District is trying to bring scratch cooking to all its elementary schools, but they're taking it dish by dish.

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Deconstructing ramen

Inspired by a visit to Japan, the general manager at YouTube's corporate dining venues introduced a dish with many traditional ramen ingredients, served separately so diners can mix and match.

Read on for four recent variations on fries, a dish offered by 50% of limited-service concepts.

A high school has more than doubled its average number of school breakfasts served.

Students used a passport to access 10 campus dining rooms, each of which served a different type of international fare.

Operators are topping pies with common ingredients from other mealparts, piquing guests’ interest with familiar flavors used in surprising combinations.

Here are some tips for boosting orders on National Pi Day.

Call them downsized entrees, appetizers or tapas, small plates are not going out of style anytime soon. Click through for that recipe and four others.

Maple flavors are making a splash at lunch and dinner, as well as in beverages.

Current menu trends weren’t the only takeaways attendees of FSD’s 2017 MenuDirections conference went home with. Here are six predictions for the future of foodservice shared at noncommercial’s marquee event.

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