It’s wonderful to have Emily Burson, RD, on my Plant Chat today. The founder and president of School Nutrition Plus (SNP), Emily has been pushing the envelope of school dining since 2009. After managing school kitchens where the definition of cooking meant opening a box of frozen food and putting it in the oven, Emily’s […]
Alice, aged 86, looked up from her plate filled with food and said, “Bill didn’t even eat this much when he was farming full time.” Not unlike many elderly clients who have their meals prepared for them, Alice is overwhelmed by the amount of food she’s served and told me that “they said it is […]
You get a call from a company that wants to develop a wellness program involving a dietitian. You need an idea for a fun, hands-on activity that will engage a department of 24 people. Why not offer a culinary team-building event? Corporate culinary team building gathers groups of people together to cook. Groups can vary […]
If you were working for a large restaurant chain and a menu developer asked you for advice on how to reduce calories in the top-selling menu items, what advice would you provide? This may seem like an easy question to address, but the complexities of working for large, publicly traded companies make answering questions like […]
