Hospitals & Long-term Care

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USDA to require safety labels for tenderized beef

Foodservice facilities will now have more information about the products they are buying, as well as cooking instructions to safely prepare them.

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Networking scavenger hunt

I brought three of my chefs with me to MenuDirections 2015 and gave each of them a list of brain-healthy foods and ingredients to find at the conference, along with certain people they would have to talk with to find out more about the foods.

Small plates offer delicious, artful fare for a fraction of the calories.

Three Takes On offers several different versions of the same classic dish. This month: unique takes on potato salad.

Anyone who’s been in the on-site business during the last two centuries is painfully aware that a consumer will opt for an off-site place to eat if a foodservice director can’t match what’s available on the street.

Plus see what trends rule menus and other highlights from our 2015 Hospital Census.

To accommodate our customers who are on a low-carb diet, we now offer sandwiches and burgers without the bun or bread at a reduced price.

Lentils, chickpeas and dry beans serve a valuable function on non-commercial menus.

Julie Jones, director of nutrition services at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center has headed her fair share of projects.

We changed how we record temperatures of our hot and cold items by moving our logs to highly visible locations.

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