Another might be to cook in a real school, perhaps H.D. Cooke Elementary School, the setting of The Slow Cook's excellent multi-part series on school meals, or use
the actual school kitchen staff as assistants, though this one might be getting a bit close to the upcoming Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution on ABC.
Not exact matches
But what drew me to The Slow Cook were two multi-part series, each written from inside
actual school lunch
kitchens.
And, after accounting for things like labor and
kitchen equipment costs, only about half of that is spent on
actual food, according to the
school district for Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The per - meal rate for free lunches (currently, $ 2.24) can be higher than the
actual cost, so there may be some advantage to
schools with many poor students, although this improvement is usually offset by inefficiencies of older buildings with outdated
kitchen equipment.