Uninsured Restaurant Workers

Uninsured Restaurant Workers

by | Jan 7, 2011 | Food Industry

Courtesy of Sarah Wong The International Examiner wrote an interesting article about the struggles of getting insurance. Many of us freelance earners – or low wage earners – know that it’s challenging to obtain affordable insurance. I’m...
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Favorite Asian Cuisine Packs Calories

by | Jan 5, 2011 | Food Science

 Picture from http://www.maybusher.com/Bests.aspx  The International Examiner, a free publication in the International District, published an examination of popular Asian dishes and the nutrients they provide. It’s not really a disheartening article – we...
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Food Trends 2011

by | Jan 1, 2011 | Food Industry

Happy New Year! I’m a member of the American Dietetic Association’s Food and Culinary Professionals Working Group. Basically, we discuss nutrition with a food service bent, such as finding out the nutritional value of obscure foods, celebrating new publications, or...
Point of Purchase Nutrition Information Helps College Students with Food Purchases

Gluten-free Knedliky

by | Dec 29, 2010 | Food Science

Christmas is all about wonderful holiday traditions and food. For example, when my family celebrates Christmas, we dine on knedliky, which is a Czech potato dumpling that my mom grew up making. I find myself longing for those not-so-light spheres of dough every...