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Letter From a Lunch Lady

May 10, 2010 (Updated March 20, 2014) by Drew Kime

Uncategorized activism, school lunch, Undieting

In last week's newsletter (click here to sign up, if you haven't already) I wrote about school lunch programs, and how they cut costs by serving pre-made food in boxes rather than cooking. I got this letter in response. === I am a lunch lady at my local public school. What you said in your newsletter about schools not wanting to hire people to actually COOK, is correct. They don't want to SPEND THE MONEY on employees taking all the time it would take to make things from scratch, or even … [Read more...]

Do You “Work Clean”?

May 7, 2010 (Updated March 28, 2014) by Drew Kime

Uncategorized poll, Undieting

Food Network is always showing competitions where cake or candy makers have 8 hours to make the most amazing whatever-it-is that they're making. They're not judged just on the finished product, but on how clean they work. Meaning, do they keep their work area clean while they're working? I usually work clean when I'm cooking. It's a habit I picked up when I worked in a restaurant in college. There's no way you cook for a 12 hour shift and wait until the end to clean everything up. You'd run … [Read more...]

Nutritionism for Dummies

May 5, 2010 (Updated March 20, 2014) by Drew Kime

Uncategorized activism, Undieting

Do you like being called stupid? I don't. So an ad campaign that depends on convincing me that eating healthy is too "confusing" and that I need it simplified is ... well, "not very effective" is probably a too-polite way to say it. … [Read more...]

Slow Cooker Tips

April 21, 2010 (Updated March 20, 2014) by Drew Kime

Technique tips, Undieting

I'm a fan of slow cookers, but lots of people have trouble with them. There's a good reason, which most people don't know: Slow cookers today aren't nearly as slow as they used to be. Rather than risk lawsuits from people undercooking their chicken, the manufacturers have been raising the temperatures of their cookers for years. The Low setting on many new cookers will cook faster than the High setting on some older ones. So if you've got a recipe your grandmother wrote based on her slow … [Read more...]

Review and Giveaway: Real Food for Mother and Baby

April 19, 2010 (Updated March 20, 2014) by Drew Kime

Review Undieting

Nina Planck is the author of one of the most popular books in the "real food" movement: Real Food: What to Eat and Why. When she got pregnant she decided to look into what the pediatric and medical community had to say about eating for pregnancy, and how to feed a newborn. If you've read any of her stuff before, you won't be surprised to find out she wasn't impressed by what she found. She dove back into research mode, and shares what she found in Real Food for Mother and Baby: The Fertility … [Read more...]