school lunches
Italy's Schoolchildren Will Not Tolerate Bad Pizza
more than 220 bambini turned up their little Italian noses at the “cold, rubbery, and often uncooked” pizza they were being served at school.
Americans Are Still Getting Fatter
A new report shows that American waistlines continue to expand, despite decreases in the consumption of junk food and sugary drinks, with women and certain minority groups experiencing the largest increases in obesity.
Being Bullied About My Lunch Made Me a Better Person
During elementary school, I brown-bagged all kinds of strange foreign fare that was ripe for targeting by bullies, like pork floss or Haw flakes. My, how the dining tables have turned since then.
Chicago’s Public Schools Spent Millions on Catered Food But Don’t Know Who Ate It
Chicago's strapped-for-cash public schools have been blowing millions on sandwiches and pizza for office lunches without keeping track of who's spending.
France's Right Wing Wants to Deny Pork-Free School Meals to Muslims and Jews
Although pork-free meals have been offered for 31 years in the Burgundy town of Chalon-sur-Saone, Mayor Gilles Platret wrote in a letter to parents that “school canteens … should revert to neutral spaces.”
The Man Who Gave LA's Students Free Dinners May Also Have Embezzled Millions
David Binkle increased food access for tens of thousands of low-income students in LA. But unfortunately, he also blew millions of the school district's dollars in questionable ways.
This Mom Says a School Humiliated Her Children with Cheese Sandwiches
It's hard to say what qualifies as the shamiest food of all. But one Waldorf, MD mother says that schools use plain cheese sandwiches to embarrass students.
Is Your Pizza Republican?
Think pizza is the food of all American people? You're not wrong—we're obsessed with it. But pizza companies seem to prefer throwing their dollars at conservative causes.
Texan Kids Now Have the Right to Cupcakes in School
Denying a child a cupcake is exactly the kind of pesky government paternalism that new Texas ag commissioner Sid Miller apparently opposes, which is why he just gave cupcakes "amnesty" in his state's schools.
Environmental Impacts Will Not Be Part of Updated Federal Dietary Guidelines
An advisory committee to the US Department of Agriculture drafted recommendations that include environmental impacts, as well as nutritional considerations, which upset the beef industry and members of Congress.
Cry-Baby of the Week
This week, a couple of guys set fire to a store because they didn't stock the brand of beer they wanted.