Patricia Cobe
Senior Editor
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Patricia Cobe
Page 160Turkey porcupine sliders
Last September, First Lady Michelle Obama and the USDA challenged chefs, school nutrition professionals, students and community members to create an imaginative, nutritious, kid-approved recipe that schools could easily incorporate into the National School Lunch Program.
Inside the kids’ meal mind
Everyone is on the restaurant industry’s back to improve kids’ menus. The White House, USDA, commodity boards, parents, nutrition advocacy groups, the medical community and more are pushing for healthier menu options.
Tomato lovers may start getting gloomy as summer draws to a close, but there are still plenty of reasons to rejoice. Local red, yellow, orange, purple and striped beauties are at their peak well into September and even October, depending on locale. And restaurants are going beyond salads and BLTs to make the most of them.
A hurricane is disruptive whenever it hits, but as the full force of Irene swept the East coast over the weekend—the most lucrative days for restaurants—industry folks had to instantly come up with their own disaster plans. And they had to let their customers know pretty quickly. Alerts sent out through Facebook, Twitter, texts and blogs ranged from the serious to the quirky.