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Chicago Schools Serve Up Breakfast, But Not Everyone's Happy

Jacqueline Edelberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: School Lunches, Free Breakfast, Greg Christian, Mary Richardson-Lowry, Childhood Hunger, Chartwells Thompson, Childhood Obesity, Chicago Public Schools, Jason Weedon, Nettelhorst, Let's Move, Education Reform, Gourmet Gorilla, Healthy Schools Campaign, Children's Health, Alice Waters, Louise Esaian, Blaine Elementary, Home News
Jacqueline Edelberg

The food mega-giant Chartwells Thompson just won a ginormous contract from the federal government contract to provide a free breakfast to every single Chicago Public School student.

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Hooray for Healthy Lunches!

Jacqueline Edelberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Chicago Blackhawks, Nate Berkus, Chicago Public Schools, Nettelhorst, School Lunches, Let's Move, Education Reform, Greg Christian, Children's Health, Barack Obama, Childhood Obesity, Child Nutrition Bill, Arbor Day, Nature Explore, Smarty Pants Are Leaders, Greencorps Chicago, Gourmet Gorilla, Senator Durbin, Healthy Schools Campaign, Home News
Jacqueline Edelberg

When it comes to health and wellness initiatives, Nettelhorst, my neighborhood's public elementary school, has moved mountains.

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The President-Elect Has No (Culinary) Clothes?

Michael Nagrant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Barack Obama Spiaggia, President Obama, Tony Mantuano, White House Chef, Alice Waters, Homaro Cantu, Art Smith, Greg Christian, Obama White House Chef, Rick Bayless, Michael Pollan, Barack Obama, Grant Achatz, Food, Ramova Grill, Obama's Favorite Restaurants, Obama Spiaggia, Chicago News
Michael Nagrant

There were many reasons to like Obama, but as a food writer, I loved the fact that he was a Frontera/Topolobampo dude while Dubya was still choking on pretzels and chomping on Tex-Mex style burritos as big as his head.

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