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...exportable, primarily because raw ingredients can be cheaper than processed food; the trick is to teach cafeteria cooks around the nation how to buy, store and prepare them. Meanwhile, she says, she's got more local problems to solve--like what to do with all that leftover canned fruit and vegetables. A 6-lb. 10-oz. can of peaches costs just 13˘, but two of the four main ingredients are corn syrup and sugar. Cooper would rather pay 18˘ for one piece of fresh fruit and consider it an investment in the future...
Even with such initiatives in place, school food was far from the Chez Panisse ideal before Cooper came to town last October. The bread was white, the fruit canned, the meat highly processed. Now Cooper has inked deals with local suppliers for whole-wheat rolls, fresh produce, even grass-fed beef. Her staff of 53, accustomed to reheating food from outside vendors for the 4,000 lunches, 1,500 breakfasts and 1,500 snacks served each day, is learning to make meals from scratch...
Ironically, Taylor relies on junk-food sales to make her menu healthier. "This is where I make money," she says, her hand on a packet of Cool Ranch Doritos. "That money allows me to buy more fresh fruit and vegetables." Taylor makes other food healthier by stealth. Chicken nuggets are baked, not fried--a switch she made over spring break so kids would be less likely to notice. Pizza is topped with low-fat cheese, and the crust is whole wheat. She calls vegetarian beans "pork and beans" since, she says, "in Oklahoma no one knows what 'vegetarian beans' means...
When that bag of bananas just barely missed my head freshman year, I thought, “Why?” But then I immediately started to determine the most effective method of banana retrieval, repossession, and possible surrender. Because even when you’re being attacked by fruit, you cannot stop thinking...
...fighting for their homes against a University that was willing to pour thousands of dollars and thousands of hours of legal talent into evicting them. Many Harvard employees, angry at anti-union campaigns, have complained as well. The seed Harvard has planted with its tenants is starting to bear fruit; a month ago, they began to band together in a Harvard tenant union to complain about abuses and demand fairer treatment. And there are some signs their tactics will work—the most hopeful proof is the experience of the city government in recent months. For generations Harvard ignored...