fresh-cooked

One day I was sitting in a meeting with the principal and assistant principal at my daughter's school, talking about building a garden there, when someone mentioned that the newly renovated school building had a commercial-grade kitchen where meals were being "fresh-cooked."

Maria Rodale: A National Look at School Lunches, Part 1 Maria Rodale 2010

Then, unnoticed, Hoo-Hoo replaced the empty shell with a fresh-cooked crab.

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That's the "fresh-cooked" regime, according to the D.C. Public Schools contracted food provider, Chartwells.

Maria Rodale: A National Look at School Lunches, Part 1 Maria Rodale 2010

These meals, said food service director Jeff Mills, will be different than the so-called fresh-cooked meals that are currently provided by contractor Chartwells and contain many processed foods.

Next steps for healthful food in DCPS 2010

(For an in-depth look at Chartwells 'fresh-cooked program, see Ed Bruske's excellent series on his blog, The Slow Cook.)

Next steps for healthful food in DCPS 2010

George De Gennaro Studios/HP Books Mable Hoffman Crock-Pots debuted in 1971 and sold in the millions, spurred in part by the increase in working women who wanted to present a fresh-cooked meal when they came home in the evening.

Crock-Pot Chef Fed Slow-Cook Craze Stephen Miller 2010

George De Gennaro Studios/HP Books Mable Hoffman Crock-Pots debuted in 1971 and sold in the millions, spurred in part by the increase in working women who wanted to present a fresh-cooked meal when they came home in the evening.

Crock-Pot Chef Fed Slow-Cook Craze Stephen Miller 2010

George De Gennaro Studios/HP Books Mable Hoffman Crock-Pots debuted in 1971 and sold in the millions, spurred in part by the increase in working women who wanted to present a fresh-cooked meal when they came home in the evening.

Crock-Pot Chef Fed Slow-Cook Craze Stephen Miller 2010

George De Gennaro Studios/HP Books Mable Hoffman Crock-Pots debuted in 1971 and sold in the millions, spurred in part by the increase in working women who wanted to present a fresh-cooked meal when they came home in the evening.

Crock-Pot Chef Fed Slow-Cook Craze Stephen Miller 2010

An expose on a local blog, The Slow Cook, revealed that Chartwells, the current school food service provider, advertised a "fresh-cooked" meal program but served processed scrambled eggs with 13 ingredients including soybean oil, modified corn starch, xanthan gum and lipolized butter oil.

D.C. schools names two vendors to provide healthful meals in pilot program 2010