Sometimes when I feel like I'm the only one out there who cares about what kids are eating at school,
I read the Lunch Tray or Better School Food and I realize I'm not alone at all.
[Ed Update: Be sure to also
read this Lunch Tray post about Rep. Pingree's «sign - on» letter now going through Congress.]
The Number One Most -
Read Lunch Tray post of 2015 was... [drumroll]...
As you may know from
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Not exact matches
By: Bettina Elias SiegelMSNBC has a story up today about a practice that's old news for school food services directors, but may not be widely known by TLT (The
Lunch Tray) readers — i.e., quietly giving «alternative» meals to students who come through the lunch line without the ability to... Read
Lunch Tray) readers — i.e., quietly giving «alternative» meals to students who come through the
lunch line without the ability to... Read
lunch line without the ability to...
Read more
Various
Lunch Tray posts have appeared in Mark Bittman's «What We're
Reading Now» column (June 25, 2015, June 4, 2015, September 27, 2013, October 10, 2013)
Not long after I started The
Lunch Tray, a reader asked why my blog's photo depicted such an unhealthy school lunch: The short answer is that I started TLT on a whim, launching the site less than twenty - four hours after I decided to do it, and... [Continue rea
Lunch Tray, a reader asked why my blog's photo depicted such an unhealthy school
lunch: The short answer is that I started TLT on a whim, launching the site less than twenty - four hours after I decided to do it, and... [Continue rea
lunch: The short answer is that I started TLT on a whim, launching the site less than twenty - four hours after I decided to do it, and... [Continue
reading]
When I
read Bettina's blog over at The
Lunch Tray about picky eaters, I appreciated her bottom line: kids change, and may -LSB-...]
We've talked a lot on The
Lunch Tray about the sharp decline in food knowledge and cooking skills in America, a... [Continue
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As regular
Lunch Tray readers know, my husband and I are serious chow - hounds, the kind of people who will go far out of our way for some intriguing food item we've
read about.
For today's Friday Buffet: school
lunches from around the world,
lunches that are works of art, and a few other tidbits that may be of interest to
Lunch Tray readers: House Hearings Begin on the Child Nutrition Act Reauthorization Yesterday,... [Continue
reading]
Since then, I've expanded my school food / food politics
reading library and thought it might be nice to swap book ideas with
Lunch Tray readers.
My friend Sally Kuzemchak at Real Mom Nutrition recently shared her top 10 most -
read posts from last year (it's a great list, by the way — check it out), and that had me wondering: what
Lunch Tray posts were you
reading most often in 2015?
First, a big thank you to all the
Lunch Tray readers who took the time to visit our
Lunch Box Idea Exchange earlier this month and post their «go - to» lunchbox items for the rest of us to
read.
(
Read this thorough summary of the issue from The
Lunch Tray and how it this ruling could have implications for many other -LSB-...]
Even before I started The
Lunch Tray, I'd read in Janet Poppendieck's Free for All: Fixing School Food in America references to data showing that, on average, children who regularly eat the federally subsidized school meal consume a wider variety of nutrients than those who consistently eat a home - packed l
Lunch Tray, I'd
read in Janet Poppendieck's Free for All: Fixing School Food in America references to data showing that, on average, children who regularly eat the federally subsidized school meal consume a wider variety of nutrients than those who consistently eat a home - packed
lunchlunch.
Well, I've been roundly criticized by
Lunch Tray readers today for accepting so easily my district's explanation on why we use a flimsy spork instead of plastic forks... [Continue
reading]
In the past we've celebrated Food Day on The
Lunch Tray in a variety... [Continue
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In yesterday's
Lunch Tray post, I explained to readers how chicken processed in China could easily wind up in school meals, despite a Q & A on the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) website which gives a «no «answer in response the... [Continue
reading]
So, given the centrality of the birthday treat issue on The
Lunch Tray, it was with great delight that I
read this message sent to me last week by a friend and TLT reader:
On tap for this week's
Lunch Buffet: all Jamie, all the time; a dose of reality from a school food reformer; and a word of warning to
Lunch Tray readers carrying a few extra pounds — and with plans to emigrate to New Zealand (all one of... [Continue
reading]
your
lunch tray is making me crave naughty... [Continue
reading]
Lunch Tray readers already know my feelings about most restaurants» children's menus: while they do offer parents convenience and lower prices, the menu items themselves are usually fat - laden and depressingly unimaginative, inadvertently teaching... [Continue
reading]
Recently I did some housekeeping on The
Lunch Tray by dividing up my «blog roll» (the long list of links down and to the right) by topic, so if readers are specifically looking for help with family dinner or need sources for food policy information,... [Continue
reading]
The
Lunch Tray can't serve as a comprehensive source of information about food... [Continue
reading]
I recently announced that I and a team of school food «superheroes» — Janet Poppendieck, Mrs. Q, Chef Ann Cooper, Ed Bruske, and Dr. Susan Rubin — are banding together to answer a
Lunch Tray reader's simple yet profound question — how does one... [Continue
reading]
Lunch Tray readers come from all over the U.S. (and the world), so I don't want to get too deep into a... [Continue
reading]
The
Lunch Tray resumes tomorrow... and here are just a few of the things coming your... [Continue
reading]
Last week I announced that I and a team of school
lunch reform luminaries — Janet Poppendieck, Mrs. Q, Chef Ann Cooper, Ed Bruske, and Dr. Susan Rubin — are going to band together to answer a Lunch Tray reader's simple yet profound question — how... [Continue rea
lunch reform luminaries — Janet Poppendieck, Mrs. Q, Chef Ann Cooper, Ed Bruske, and Dr. Susan Rubin — are going to band together to answer a
Lunch Tray reader's simple yet profound question — how... [Continue rea
Lunch Tray reader's simple yet profound question — how... [Continue
reading]
In keeping with the rather serious tone infecting The
Lunch Tray this week (except for the comic relief provided by the school lunch lady action figure - thank goodness for her), the Wall Street Journal recently reported on two new studies showing... [Continue rea
Lunch Tray this week (except for the comic relief provided by the school
lunch lady action figure - thank goodness for her), the Wall Street Journal recently reported on two new studies showing... [Continue rea
lunch lady action figure - thank goodness for her), the Wall Street Journal recently reported on two new studies showing... [Continue
reading]
Just wanted to share this great piece in the Canadian National Post, in which writer Adam McDowell explores a subject long familiar to
Lunch Tray readers: the vicious circle created when we feed our children only societally - designated «kid food»... [Continue
reading]
We've already talked on The
Lunch Tray about whether that claim is actually true and, at any rate, whether the dietary needs of... [Continue
reading]
My friend Sally Kuzemchak at Real Mom Nutrition recently shared her top 10 most -
read posts from last year (it's a great list, by the way - check it out), and that had me wondering: what
Lunch Tray posts were you
reading most often in 2015?
When I started writing The
Lunch Tray in 2010, an actual week's menu in Houston ISD included breaded chicken sandwiches, cheeseburgers, chicken fried steak fingers with cream gravy, beef taco nachos, beef taco salad, pepperoni pizza and Frito Pie... [Continue
reading]
It's been a while since we've had a guest blogger here on The
Lunch Tray, and today I'm thrilled to welcome back child feeding expert Maryann Jacobsen, MS, RD. Maryann has a terrific new book out, How to Raise a Mindful Eater, which details... [Continue
reading]
A few weeks ago, I shared on The
Lunch Tray's Facebook page a widely
read Washington Post op - ed urging President Obama to articulate a national food policy for the last two years of his term.
Vicki: I'm sorry, but after
reading this delightful sentence — Put a hairnet on a rocket scientist and people will perceive them differently — all I could think of was, I need this woman to do a guest blog post for The
Lunch Tray!
I sent out an SOS to
Lunch Tray readers for suggestions for alternative treats, and last night I
read out aloud to my family every one of your creative ideas — everything from «cupcakes» made from fresh fruit (thank you, Mile Hi Mama) to buying trees for planting by the class (ditto, Corrie) to origami flying squirrels (Michele Hays)!
(
Read «Water is the enemy, Gatorade Mobile Tells Youth» on Civil Eats and this follow - up on The
Lunch Tray that includes action you can take if you're disgusted -LSB-...]
And
read more about the proposed changes on Siegel's blog The
Lunch Tray.
Integrated FSC: You can
read today's follow - up post on The
Lunch Tray for some answers to your questions.
-LSB-...][For more on the stigma issue, here are two prior
Lunch Tray / Spork Report posts you may want to
read: «A La Carte — A World Apart?»
The article reminded me of this 2016
Lunch Tray post, «Daily... [Continue
reading]
If you're at all interested in a guest blog post or interview about your new cookbook, I know the
Lunch Tray readership would be interested in
reading about it.
You can see the question and answer on this The
Lunch Tray post http://www.thelunchtray.com/the-mystery-food-services-director-answers-a-question-from-kids/ , which you'll want to
read because the information isn't scripted as well as it might -LSB-...]
And you can
read my more complete rebuttal of the article, previously posted on The
Lunch Tray, here.