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Glen Cove Hospital hosts healthy cooking competition

Eleven chef teams battled to create a menu within strict nutritional guidelines.

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"The art of choosing"

Over a bottle of pinot noir this weekend a couple of my friends and I started discussing our tastes in books. I said history. Another friend said history and fantasy. My roommate said books dealing with health and psychology. She then started telling us about a book she recently read about choices and how people make them.

Calif. childen's hospital turns cafeteria water damage into healthy menu makeover.

Our residents have apartments. They eat one free meal a day and cook or eat out the other meals. Residents asked me about food and nutrients, such as what foods have vitamin A. I started a monthly meeting called What Are You Eating, where we discuss these

Hospitals try to encourage healthy eating without forcing it.

Press Ganey scores on things like foodservice determine amount of Medicare funds a hospital receives.

Our residents were asking questions about ingredients we used so we started a Taste Sensations event. The chef selects a topic—oil, cheese, tomatoes—and tells the residents differences within the category and how to cook using those items. Our

We have a volunteer who makes rounds in the entire facility three days a week, providing each veteran with a snack of choice, a newspaper and a smile with conversation. The volunteer, Mr. Branch, is also a veteran. We haven’t increased our spending

We offer a mid-afternoon break of housemade lemonade with flavor shots. Customers are able to customize their lemonade with strawberry purée, ginger or mint simple syrups. We also offer housemade glazed oatmeal cookies.

Kaiser Permanente encourages chef-led kitchens at Oregon hospitals.

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