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Cuisine 'Smashing' & Other Lessons from MenuDirections Day 2

 By Peter Romeo on Feb. 27, 2012

No longer a MenuDirections newbie, I was able to work the comprehensive education program more aggressively today, jumping from chef demos to flavor forecasts while sampling recipes developed with both health and flavor in mind.

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On Gluten-Free Dining, for Beckee Moreland

 By Becky Schilling on Feb. 22, 2012

Beckee Moreland, director of gluten-free industry initiatives for the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness, spoke to FSD about the company’s GREAT Kitchens programs, which educates operators...

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Schools say new meal regs not a problem

By Becky Schilling on Feb. 08, 2012

“We’re already there” is the most common reaction when talking to school nutrition operators about the new meal pattern regulations.  “Most of what is [in the new meal regs] we’re already doing,” says David Binkle,

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Skidmore Eat Healthy Strives to Improve Wellness

By Lindsey Ramsey on Jan. 27, 2012

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.—Achieving wellness requires information, and that is exactly what a new wellness program launching this month at 2,400-student Skidmore College hopes to provide to its cus...

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Throw in the towel?

By Paul King on Jan. 27, 2012

Well, the new school meal guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture were released Wednesday, and the early commentary is pretty predictable.

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Encouraging Health for All

By Lindsey Ramsey on Jan. 27, 2012

Education is key to both the employee and student wellness programs at 32,300-student West Virginia University.

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Bringing the Farm Indoors

By Becky Schilling on Jan. 22, 2012

A new café opened last month at 537-bed St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor. The new St. Joe’s Market Café is a $1 million renovation of the old cafeteria, which Jim Tripp, manager of retail services, says enabled him to create a healthy caf&ea

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Wolfgang Puck Express Enters Healthcare Market

By Becky Schilling on Jan. 17, 2012

The first Wolfgang Puck Express location in a hospital is scheduled to open in August at the new University Hospital Seidman Cancer Center on the campus of UH Case Medical Center.

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Kennesaw State Gets Wise with Wellness Program

By Lindsey Ramsey on Jan. 11, 2012

When Culinary & Hospitality Services at 23,500-student Kennesaw State University opened its Commons Dining Hall in 2009, the department launched a wellness program to coincide with the hall’s debut. Since then, the Wise Choice wellness program h

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Letter of hope

By Paul King on Jan. 03, 2012

Over the years, I have received several letters from inmates incarcerated in state or federal facilities. These letters usually come from prisoners seeking pen pals, or from people who want to complain about the quality of the food at the prison.

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