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Three Takes On: Baked Beans

Three Takes On offers several different versions of the same classic dish. This month, we scoped out three unique baked beans recipes, including 5 Way Baked Beans, Plant-based Southwestern Baked Beans and Calico Beans.

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From sweet to savory

Chocolate has long been the domain of desserts, candy and sweet beverages, but cocoa can do more than satisfy your sweet tooth. Operators also are using chocolate to bring an earthiness to a variety of savory dishes.

Lenox Hill Hospital chefs pick fresh organic herbs and fruit from the garden daily to use for cafeteria meals.

There’s growing customer awareness for gelato. Yet, despite its popularity, there remains an exclusivity element that bolsters sales since it’s not available everywhere.

The Jefferson County Public Schools bus has been delivering meals for the last month and is an expansion of a mobile lunch program, which feeds children in needy areas.

As incorporation of halal-prepared menu items increases along with the Muslim population in the U.S., the member interest group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Muslims in Dietetics and Nutrition (MIDAN), recently hosted a webinar to discuss halal dietary needs within foodservice operations.

In the elementary schools our participation has dropped the last few semesters due to the changing USDA regulations. In order to draw up more interest, as well as business, we not only sell second entrées to students, but we also sell yogurt, string cheese, milk and sparkling juice.

The study shows that schools are meeting or exceeding many of the intended goals.

We had an old pizza station that we wanted to convert, but we had to try to figure out how to do the next big thing without the capital dollars to do anything big.

The students in high school have such a long day and so many of them participate in after-school activities and a lot of them eat lunch starting at 10 a.m.

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