The 10 Worst Children’s Cereals
The Environmental Working Group has a new report out: “Sugar in Children’s Cereals: Popular Brands Pack More Sugar Than Snack Cakes and Cookies.” The title doesn’t leave much to the imagination, does it? Ditto the teaser on the cover: “Most parents say no to dessert for breakfast, but many children’s cereals have just as much sugar as a dessert – or more.” With that kind of lead, you...
Pizza Is Not a Vegetable
So much for good intentions… Is pizza with tomato sauce a vegetable? Apparently yes, according to Congress, which on Monday blocked legislation that would have made school lunches healthier. In their final version of a spending bill that includes planning for the $11 billion National School Lunch Program, House and Senate committee members blocked or delayed major proposals from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that...
“Well’s Vegetarian Thanksgiving”
Ok, I’m not planning a vegetarian Thanksgiving… but I still found this array of veggie dishes in the New York Times appealing! Although my holiday menu is pretty much set, there are some recipes there that I’m keen to try – like the curried chickpea salad, coconut butternut squash soup, risotto with pumpkin, ginger and sage, seven-vegetable couscous and the stir-fried balasmic-vinegar carrots. Suffice it to...
From the Department of Duh!
This New York Times article about school soda bans made me heave a long, deep sigh… State laws that ban soda in schools — but not other sweetened beverages — have virtually no impact on the amount of sugary drinks middle school students buy and consume at school, a new study shows. The study, which looked at thousands of public school students across 40 states, found that removing soda from cafeterias and school vending machines...
The Edible Schoolyard
There’s a very cool article in the Telegraph about the “Edible Schoolyard” project at Martin Luther King Middle School started by Chef Alice Waters. I mentioned it briefly back in 2008, and it’s great to see that – 3 years later – it’s still thriving. Almost everything imaginable is now grown here, from 20 different herbs and salad leaves to mulberry trees, raspberries, plums, sweetcorn and...
Asian Carp Tacos? I’d Eat One!
According to this AP article, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources is trying to kill two birds with one stone: deal with an invasive species… and fight hunger. CHICAGO — Minced Asian carp tacos? How about spaghetti with carp sauce? Illinois officials hope serving the invasive species on a plate is the creative solution to two big problems: controlling the plankton-gobbling carp from entering the Great Lakes and record...
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