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• Boy saves friend using Heimlich maneuver

  Remember the Heimlich? Remember the posters that were up in your lunchroom? I don't think they are anymore, but some kids are still aware of the life-saving technique. Ryan Lim, a 10-year-old boy from Boca Raton, Florida, dislodged a piece of carrot from classmate Maranda Parliament's throat in the lunchroom... Read More... Posted May 13 2008, 03:30 PM by Brett Singer with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: television, florida, good news, lunch, choking, Brett Singer, boca raton, posters, ryan lim, lunchroom, heimlich maneuver, carrot, maranda parliament, cafeteria, heimlich

• Kitchenista: Just In Time For Lunch

  Dinner has never been my Waterloo. I'm pretty good at planning, prepping and preparing some kind of dinnery meal most nights of the week. Breakfast, too, is one of my strengths, even if it is just cereal and milk. It might not be flashy but it is there. Lunch, however, is a completely different story.   Read More... Posted Apr 29 2008, 11:30 AM by Adrienne Martini with | with no comments Filed under: fruit, kitchenista, lunch, chickpeas, PB&J, frugal, five, hummus

• Kitchenista: Cheesy Goodness

  There comes a time when all good eaters must take a stand. Comrades, gourmands and countrymen -- that time is now.  Ignore that namby-pamby presidential primary hooha. This is the political process that really matters.   Read More... Posted Apr 15 2008, 11:00 AM by Adrienne Martini with | with no comments Filed under: los angeles, cheese, bread, kitchenista, lunch, tomato soup, grilled cheese

• Kitchenista: A Lunch that Proves Your Love for Your Kid

  As you are packing little Ashton's lunch, have you ever thought to yourself, "hey, I wish this were more complicated and time-consuming?" Do you have a borderline case of OCD? Are you Japanese? If you answered yes to just one of those, have I got a book/blog/project for you.   Read More... Posted Apr 08 2008, 11:30 AM by Adrienne Martini with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: kitchenista, lunch, bento, japanese, charaben, Face Food

• Detention Double Standard

  Following up on PennyGate, it's worth noting that this sort of bizarro school discipline has happened before: in November of last year, Megan Coulter was given two days of detention for the henious crime of hugging. While Megan actually served her time, our commenter Tracey points out that the Penny Gang got a reprieve... Read More... Posted Mar 03 2008, 01:30 PM by Brett Singer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: middle school, New Jersey, protest, lunch ladies, lunch, pennies, eigth grade

• 8th Graders Get Detention for Paying with Pennies

  Not sure what to make of this one: a group of 29 eighth-grade students at Readington Middle School in New Jersey will have to serve detention (one hour of silence, after school) for paying for their lunch with pennies. Apparently the lunch period had been shortened... Read More... Posted Mar 02 2008, 09:02 AM by Brett Singer with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: middle school, New Jersey, protest, lunch ladies, lunch, pennies, eigth grade

• Kitchenista: School Lunch for Overachievers

  Our school started last week, so I've been poring over bento blogs like Vegan Lunchbox and Lunch In A Box gathering inspiration for my kindergartener's snacks. You know, just trying to be the awesomest mom in the whole wide world. But I'm not as awesome as this Swedish bento engineer, who sublimated her disappointment that Pixar's Ratatouille hasn't been released in her country yet into a lunch fit for the pickiest of critics: ratatouille and a little edible Rémy the rat. It's so mind-blowingly awesome that I almost believe it would get my kids on board with eggplant. Posted Sep 03 2007, 02:27 PM by Patti with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: school lunches, ratatouille, vegan lunchbox, kitchenista, lunch, bento, lunch in a box

• Saving the Environment One PB 'n' J at a Time

  When I'm packing my daughter's school lunch, saving the environment isn't my top priority, though I am mindful of what I'm packing foods in, and the overall nutritional content of the meal.  So, it's good to know that just by making her favorite sandwich - PB&J, hold the J - an armchair activist like myself can actually do some real good for the world.  Slapping some peanut butter on a piece of whole grain bread (or a whole grain cracker or rice cakel) means I'm actually reducing my carbon footprint, by saving the equivalent of 2.5 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions that the average animal-based lunch like a hamburger, grilled cheese, or chicken nuggets necessitates.  ( That's about40% of what I'd save if I drove a cool hybrid, instead of a Japanese station wagon.)   Read More... Posted Aug 30 2007, 10:58 AM by Alisyn with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: school lunches, carbon footprint, peanut butter, lunch, the environment, living green