This day offers a chance for districts to recognize their school nutrition staff. Students at Spring Hill Elementary School in McLean, Va., celebrated School Lunch Hero Day last year by creating thank-you cards and artwork for the nutrition team.
The nutrition team at Arkansas Children’s Hospital handed out coupons for free frozen yogurt to nurses in celebration of National Nurses Week last year.
Help keep students fueled throughout finals. Elon University in Elon, N.C., decided to create a mobile “cram cart” that offered coffee and snacks to students around campus during finals week last year.
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Last May, the nutrition team at Fullerton School District in Fullerton, Calif., celebrated the last day of classes with strawberry-mango smoothies for students.
The endlessly colorful cuisine of Mexico is always in season, but Cinco de Mayo is a great time to bring some new recipes to the party, starting with El Rio Picante, an alternative marg, and finishing with DIY churro sundaes.
Last summer, a group of college and healthcare chefs came together at the University of Michigan for FoodService Director’s 2023 Culinary Immersion. Here are some of the recipes they developed.
Kara Blanton recently took on her late father’s role of senior concessions manager at Murray State University Dining. Here’s a look at how she continues her father's legacy.