Editor's Page: An Open Window

John Lawn, Editor-in-Chief

In April, it was impossible to ignore the countless news reports on the H1N1 flu It dominated headlines for most of the month, from informative pieces Read More

University to Promote Greens in Local Schools

The Missouri Foundation for Health has awarded Saint Louis University a $248,000 farm to school grant to improve school lunches and teach business skills Read More

Survey: Kids Want Wider Ethnic Choices

A poll of school-aged students by the Y-Pulse, LLC, youth marketing research group supports the notion that youngsters are knowledgeable about and want Read More

Beverage Cart: A New Water Solution

By Mike Buzalka

Something happened at St. Cloud (MN) State University last fall after Sodexo General Manager Stephen Miller returned from his summer vacation. Students Read More

Kitchen Pro Series: Meat and Seafood Identification, Fabrication and Utilization

By Tara Fitzpatrick

Meat: Identification, Fabrication and Utilization by Thomas Schneller 2009, Delmar Cengage Learning, $71.95, and Fish and Seafood: Identification, Fabrication Read More

Green Space: Scaling Back Overproduction

Michael Buzalka

When you have to feed a lot of people, you tend to generate a lot of wasted food. That's the intractable logic of volume feeding operations and has been Read More

A Taste for Writing: Composition for Culinarians

By Tara Fitzpatrick

by Vivian C. Cadbury2008, Delmar Cengage Learning, $39.95 Gone are the days when you settled into one good job and stayed there until you retired. Like Read More

Beverage Cart: A New Water Solution

By Mike Buzalka

Something happened at St. Cloud (MN) State University last fall after Sodexo General Manager Stephen Miller returned from his summer vacation. Students Read More

Survey: Kids Want Wider Ethnic Choices

A poll of school-aged students by the Y-Pulse, LLC, youth marketing research group supports the notion that youngsters are knowledgeable about and want Read More

Compass Raises its POS-ibilities

Mike Buzalka

Recent deals inked by Compass Group with MasterCard and Visa, and with wellness communications firm Nutricate, Inc., signal an increased concentration Read More

Dish Machine Basics

Dish machines are an essential part of every kitchen and a capital investment that can't be avoided. When it's time to buy a new one or replace an aging Read More

Compass Raises its POS-ibilities

Mike Buzalka

Recent deals inked by Compass Group with MasterCard and Visa, and with wellness communications firm Nutricate, Inc., signal an increased concentration Read More

The Green Kitchen

By John Lawn

Making a kitchen more sustainable can be like bringing a wild beast under control. Read More

Outside of the Box: A Whole “Lot” of Cookin’ Goin’ On

BY MIKE BUZALKA

They unpaved the parking lot and put up paradise. Apologies to Joni Mitchell, but that is a fine analogy for the University of Southern California's new Read More

California Leafy Greens Program Raises the Food Safety Bar for Harvesting Practices

By John Lawn

As the recent peanut butter ingredient recalls once again made clear, incidents of food contamination within the supply chain remain a top-level food Read More

Food Safety: To Reduce norovirus Risk, Assess the “Dirty Dozen"

BY JOHN LAWN

In the September issue, FM ran a column about the challenge of managing Norovirus risk by Jim Mann, Executive Director of the Handwashing for Life Institute, Read More