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Small plates, big taste

 By Marygrace Taylor on May 11, 2015

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

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Three Takes On: Potato salad

 May 11, 2015

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

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7 restaurant trends every FSD should know

By Peter Romeo on May 11, 2015

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.

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School farm teaches students real-life agricultural practices

May 11, 2015

The Farm at The Grove School in Redlands, California, has fields, livestock, outbuildings and a farmers market that students tend to.

Steal This Idea

Transparent temperature tracking

May 11, 2015

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

People

Brittany Temkin

May 11, 2015

Brittany Temkin has made a difference at Princeton Food Management Associates by taking on her first management position, becoming skilled at product ordering with minimal training and increasing lunch participation.

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The essential pulse

May 11, 2015

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

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Meet 2015 Silver Plate winner Mary Arlinda Hill

May 11, 2015

For Mary Arlinda Hill, the drive to improve the well-being of her students, 90 percent of whom qualify for free or reduced-price meals, is personal.

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Board alleges cafeteria union negotiated in bad faith

May 11, 2015

Faced with an outsourcing decision, one Connecticut school board filed a complaint with the state’s Board of Labor Relations alleging the cafeteria workers union negotiated a tentative agreement in bad faith.

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Senator intent on rewriting child nutrition law

May 11, 2015

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts wants to enact a new child nutrition law, giving schools more flexibility in meeting standards for school meals.

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