While most student brain-power is geared toward planning for finals at this time of year, a group of Campus Kitchen leaders recently joined three DC Central Kitchen experts to discuss healthy meal planning for Campus Kitchen operations. Joelle Johnson, Local Food Procurement Coordinator, discussed her success with buying local and in bulk to make meals [...]
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Food Stamps Accepted at the Burger King Near You?
Posted in January 12th, 2011
Think food stamps and envision lines at the local grocery store with people buying fresh produce items and ingredients for healthy, affordable, family-style meals. The last place we expect to see food stamps used is down the street at the local fast food chain. I was shocked when I first noticed the sign reading “EBT [...]
What’s next in your Food Career? Think about joining FoodCorps
Posted in January 11th, 2011
For anyone graduating soon, what’s up next in your life has probably crossed your mind. If working with Campus Kitchens has inspired in you a love of community nutrition and the desire to work toward providing healthy food for everyone, you may want to apply to participate in FoodCorps. This new national service program has [...]
Campus Kitchen Reminder: Healthy Food can be Cheap
Posted in June 23rd, 2010
“When you look at the USDA’s “food pyramid”, many of the things we should be eating the most of – grains, legumes, fruits, and vegetables – happen to cost the least.” Or so writes Jeff Yaeger of the Daily Green and author of the recent blog post: “50 healthy foods for under $1 a pound.” [...]
Campus Kitchens Ready for Gleaning 2010 with D.C. Central Kitchen
Posted in June 18th, 2010
Sometimes, you just have to play in the dirt. That’s just what volunteers and staff with D.C. Central Kitchen did on a recent Thursday morning during a trip 45 minutes Southeast of Washington, D.C. to a farm in Owings, Md. Amidst the fun, the group of ten volunteers – a youth group from Kansas City [...]
Support the Food Revolution!
Posted in May 4th, 2010
By now, many of you have heard of the show/movement called “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution”. For those who haven’t: in response to a CDC report that cited Huntington, WV as the most unhealthy city in America, British Chef Jamie Oliver decided to kick-off his U.S. food revolution. He began by addressing the food being served [...]
A ‘Healthy’ Dose of Summer Reading
Posted in April 15th, 2010
4.15.10: A friend of mine who works for a literary magazine in DC (and gets free copies of the latest books being printed) brought home the most amazing book yesterday! If you are looking for good summer reading and answers to some of your most curious food questions, then this is the book for you. [...]
Faces from the Campus Kitchen at Northwestern University’s Slow Cooker Program
Posted in April 13th, 2010
Gather football players, registered dietitians, children, families, students, and 23 slow cookers into a room, and you’re bound to come away with some great pictures, plus stories to share. That’s what happened during the three-part slow cooker series and partnership of the Campus Kitchen at Northwestern University and Nurture , a local nutrition education organization. [...]
Video: Campus Kitchen Teaches Knife Skills, Nutrition, Sanitation
Posted in April 7th, 2010
by Jasmine Touton in Kitchen Advice
What do you get when you cross a Campus Kitchen team with hotel and restaurant management experience, a social work course, and public health and biology students? Apparently, a productive day full of life lessons, “Ah Ha!” moments and food. Chef/Instructor Susan Callahan recently took a slow cooker grant opportunity and turned it into a [...]
A cookbook in reverse! (for Campus Kitchens): inihccuZ ot sugarapsA
Posted in April 1st, 2010
by Joelle Johnson in Kitchen Advice
I recently purchased this wonderful cookbook for the chefs at DC Central Kitchen. It is chalk-full of recipe ideas for every vegetable under the sun. This cookbook will come in very handy over the next few months as gleaning and donations bring in a surplus of whatever vegetable happens to be in season. When you [...]
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- Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College - This is your source for all things CKGC.
- Campus Kitchen at the College of William and Mary
- Campus Kitchen at University of Florida
- Civil Eats - Supporting development and dialog among local and national leaders about the American food system, and its effects abroad.
- CKP’s Flickr page - Photos from the hallowed halls of CKP
- Farm to Table: the Emerging American Model - A collaborative journalistic forum aimed at strengthening the sustainable and local foods community
- First Helping - The Outreach Program of DCCK, their stories and insights into the streets of DC
- Good Food Jobs - A gastro-job search tool, designed to link people looking for meaningful food work with the businesses that need their energy, enthusiasm and intellect.
- Growing Power - Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds, and the environments in which they live, by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all
- Robert Egger’s Piece of Mind - DC Central Kitchen founder and CEO, and author of Begging For Change, winner of the 2004-2005 Terry McAdam Book Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Nonprofit Management, blogs about the Kitchen, CKP, and the changing nonprofit sector.
- Slow Food on Campus - Our friends at Slow Food on Campus promote food that’s good, clean, and fair
- Sodexo USA - Our partners at Sodexo USA have entered the blogosphere!
- Stocks, Sauces, and Soul - This blog documents the class experiences of the Culinary Job Training Students at the DC Central Kitchen.
- The Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University - The web version of Wake Forest University’s Campus Kitchen
- V3 Campaign - Join the movement to strengthen the nonprofit sector led by Robert Egger, founder and president of DC Central Kitchen.
- W&L Campus Kitchens Project - Find out the latest about the Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee University.
- Wasted Food - Inspired by a volunteer shift at the DC Central Kitchen, Jonathan Bloom started researching and writing about wasted food in America. His blog is chock-full of information and inspiration for those of us who recycle food.