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Wisconsin university discontinues Meatless Mondays

Pork sausages, turkey tacos and baked chicken returned to Blackhawk Commons’ entrée line Monday after the campus dining hall eliminated its Meatless Mondays program due to unpopularity among customers.

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MenuDirections 2014 day three: Profiling flavors

Flavor was the focus of day three at MenuDirections 2014.

Gordon Food Service Corporate Consulting Chef Gerry Ludwig cited several menu currents during his Menu Directions keynote address that didn’t fit within the four pronounced trends he detected during a recent three-city, 92-restaurant dining binge.

Keynoter Gerry Ludwig took attendees of MenuDirections on a virtual culinary tour Monday, recounting the new directions he spotted while visiting 92 trend-shaping restaurants in three cities during a stretch of 17 business days.

Chicken is a versatile protein, showing up on menus in many different forms. As part of our continuing Signature Series, we asked operators to share with us some of their popular chicken dishes.

A couple of weeks ago when Sanford Middle School debuted its new, cooked fresh, on-site lunch, the center of the plate was chicken.

Recent renovations to our Central Food Facility have allowed us to design a gluten-free kitchen and create our own specially formulated gluten-free flour.

The amount of time children have to eat lunch is a challenge when it comes to having to take x amount of fruits and vegetables and actually have time to eat them.

Click through Snapshots of all the recipes for the February 2014 issue. This month features unique catering and chilies recipes.

For 45 minutes each week, students in Jessica Busch’s class at Red Pine Elementary in Eagan are no longer just first-graders.

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