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November 2014: Ingredients - Mediterranean

Snapshots of all the recipes featuring Mediterranean dishes from the November 2014 issue.

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Greenhouse enables Alaskan school to go local year-round

Now she and the students of Thorne Bay School care for a greenhouse that supplies the school lunch program with regular greens for its salad bar; soon, they’ll supply the whole school district and nearby businesses with about 250 heads of lettuce a week.

Although a number of school districts around the U.S. have abandoned new United States Department of Agriculture meal pattern nutritional guidelines because students have loudly rejected the notion of healthier food, Florida has led the way in successfully promoting the idea that better food leads to better performance in the classroom.

During National Nutrition Month, we hosted a series of four cooking classes for students called In the Kitchen.

One of Phillips' biggest projects in his short tenure as director was a recent All-Iowa Day event, where nearly all the food was prepared with product from purveyors within 20 miles of Pella.

Jeff Denton, director of child nutrition for Ponca City (Okla.) Public Schools has been chosen Golden School Foodservice Director of the Year in the Foodservice Achievement Management Excellence (FAME) awards program.

Elaine Crysler and her team at the Skaneateles Central School District lunch program have made some changes that they hope will both give students healthier meal options and boost the program's participation.

Students, staff and community members at the Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech), in Melbourne, won’t need a passport to experience the flavors of the world—they can just attend one of the eight International Dining Series events put on by Campus Dining Services throughout the academic year.

In an outdoor event this past spring, the dining services team at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), in Pasadena, paid homage to the classic cartoon, “The Flintstones,” in a celebration fit for a caveman.

Starting Monday, Fairview Hospitals across Minnesota rolled out a new food menu for patients and guests.

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