Whole garlic and garlic cloves on a wooden cutting board

Ingredients for Health: Garlic

Garlic sits at the top of the list of cooking staples for good reason—It’s undeniably one of the most versatile ingredients, found in almost every cuisine around the world. Now, let’s dive into why.

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Health Motivated, AI Generated

An ongoing study, conducted at 14 clinics nationwide is set to potentially revolutionize the way doctors prescribe suggested diets for their patients—with a bit of help from artificial intelligence.

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Understanding Intersectionality

Views on DEIA are continuously evolving, and while “intersectionality” is a newcomer to the discussion, it has become a focal point of both positive and negative discourse, signaling significant, and sometimes fluctuating, shifts in the conversation.

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Leap Into School Lunch

Many school cafeterias took advantage of 2024’s once-in-every-four-years leap day as an opportunity for creative activities and menus. Among the most unique was Trimble County (Ky.) Schools, which featured frog legs on the menu!

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Suffolk City (Va.) Public Schools Nutritional Services employee serving food at the Nutritional Services Food Festival & Show

Food for Thought: Community First

Suffolk City (Va.) Public Schools (SCPS) made some recent waves in its community with the debut of its first Nutritional Services Food Festival & Show, inviting students, families and staff to a school meal taste testing event.

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Embrace Cultural Diversity Through Food

School nutrition is a natural area to promote cultural diversity. In a profession where food takes a front seat, inviting staff and families to share favorite foods is a great way to help them feel more comfortable embracing, expressing and sharing their cultural traditions.

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Ingredients for Health: Dragon Fruit

What’s pink, green, spiky and delicious? Dragon fruit! This unique fruit has skyrocketed in popularity; discover how to prepare it, nutrition information, recipes and more.

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Grate Advice for Storing Cheese

If cheese is one of your food passions, you should know how to store it properly! Hard, soft and crumbled cheeses all require different approaches to storage; hear from cheese experts to learn how to make sure all your cheese stays fresh.

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I See Your True Colors

Color additives have been used for generations to alter a food’s appearance and improve its palatability. But some health advocates have taken aim at the entire category of color additives used in food, even those from natural sources: Let’s sort out the facts from the fiction.

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Two women eating hot coleslaw at the Hot Slaw Festival in Cleveland, Tennessee

Slaw in the Spotlight

Most states in the nation have one or more officially designated foods (or vegetables, desserts, fruits, snacks) and one Tennessee legislator is looking to crown Hot Coleslaw the latest state favorite.

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