false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171742864m/117796.jpg 117796 2 <p> Remember how simple school lunches used to be? You'd have something from every major food group, run around the playground for a while, and you looked and felt fine. But today it's not so simple. Schools are actually feeding the American crisis of childhood obesity and malnutrition. Most cafeterias serve a veritable buffet of processed, fried, and sugary foods, and although many schools have attempted to improve, they are still not measuring up: 78 percent of the school lunch programs in America do not meet the USDA's nutritional guidelines. </p> <p> Chef Ann Cooper has emerged as one of the nation's most influential and most respected advocates for changing how our kids eat. In fact, she is something of a renegade lunch lady, minus the hairnet and scooper of mashed potatoes. Ann has worked to transform cafeterias into culinary classrooms. In <i>Lunch Lessons</i>, she and Lisa Holmes spell out how parents and school employees can help instill healthy habits in children. </p> <p> They explain the basics of good childhood nutrition and suggest dozens of tasty, home-tested recipes for breakfast, lunch, and snacks. The pages are also packed with recommendations on how to eliminate potential hazards from the home, bring gardening and composting into daily life, and how to support businesses that provide local, organic food. </p> <p> Yet learning about nutrition and changing the way you run your home will not cure the plague of obesity and poor health for this generation of children. Only parental activism can spark widespread change. With inspirational examples and analysis, <i>Lunch Lessons</i> is more than just a recipe book&#8212it gives readers the tools to transform the way children everywhere interact with food. </p> 113402 2006 Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children total:90|5:17|4:37|3:29|2:5|1:2| 90 332 188 33 4 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Oct 13 23:46:24 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 00:38:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jan 24 11:48:43 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 11:50:31 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 14:26:30 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 09:50:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 11:06:06 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 11:14:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 10:38:31 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 18:50:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 22 21:23:13 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 21:29:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 09:44:50 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 08:08:53 -0700 2009
I expected something different from this, but still enjoyed the way they told us about schools that have transformed their lunch rooms by making them more h...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Aug 03 11:09:31 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 11:26:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jul 27 21:23:01 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 05 10:14:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon May 28 17:15:06 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 22 06:25:39 -0800 2008 the turkey meatloaf recipe is outstanding - looking forward to trying other recipes.

Update - just re-read this. After spending the past 4 months working lunch at my younger child's preschool it is even more clear to me ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 20 04:19:14 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 04:20:03 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Sat Jul 07 18:54:14 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 18:55:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 08:36:58 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 08:36:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 20:16:26 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 12:31:53 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 28 09:39:08 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 12 09:09:05 -0800 2009
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