Vegetarian options gain ground on campus dining
A survey of 200 college food service directors finds about 15 percent of students eat a vegetarian meal daily and nearly 90 percent of cafeterias offer vegetarian dishes at every meal. Health taste and animal rights drive the trend as students cook solo for first time with pizza and vegetarian lasagna among the main offerings.
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College Food Service
New Salt Solution Rinse Cleans Poultry of Salmonella
The USDA approves a patented salt solution rinse for fresh poultry that nearly eliminates Salmonella and E coli without affecting taste texture or color and leaves no detectable salt. Processors may use a trademark on packaging and products could reach some markets this summer.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Juice overconsumption tied to growth delays in toddlers
Pediatrics reports eight children aged 14 to 27 months showed slowed growth from excessive apple juice intake. Doctors halted the issue by offering three meals and two to three snacks daily and limiting juice to under half a cup. Proper nutrition with protein minerals and fats restored normal growth.
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Journal
Pediatrics
Ackerman Apricot Wine Wins Gold at Tennessee Festival
Ackerman Winery of South Amana earns a gold medal for its 1992 Apricot Wine at the Tennessee International Wine Festival. The wine has also won awards from the Los Angeles Fair Pacific Rim International Wine Competition Florida and Indiana state fairs and the American Wine Society Competition.
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Ackerman Winery
South Amana
U.S
Ackerman
Florida
Indiana
American Wine Society
Catch Of The Month Club Offers Fish Recipes Newsletter
Catch Of The Month Club provides monthly recipes and shopping info for popular fish and seafood. A free newsletter is available by sending a legal-size SASE to Catch Of The Month Club in Hoffman Estates Illinois.
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Catch of the Month Club
Golf Center
Suite
Box AH
Hoffman Estates
Ill
Moms Day Cookie Craft Gift Batch
Children and adults make Give Mom A Hand Cookies traced from hand shapes. The recipe uses flour sugar salt butter egg vanilla and yields 12 to 14 hand shaped cookies with Butter Cream Frosting and candy decorations.
Grilling Sauce Elevates Summer Barbecue Flavors
A guide to indirect grilling turkey with a citrus grape sauce garnish. Instructions cover microwave pre-cooking, briquet setup, grill placement, and timing for 2 to 3 pound bone-in breast. Includes a grape parsley condiment and nutritional details.
California fruit season brings grapes peaches plums and more
Dealers forecast new California offerings this month with grapes peaches nectarines plums and apricots at about 1.99 per pound then easing to 1.29. Chilean fruit winds down while new white and red potatoes enter the market. Prices cited for navel oranges bell peppers strawberries onions and watermelons provide a snapshot of early spring fruit and veg trends.
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California
Tom Anderson
Nash Finch Co
Nash Finch
Minneapolis
Econofoods
Sun Mart
Don Frits
Randall’s Pantry
Highway 6 West
Coralville
John Weaver
Collins Rd
Weaver
Anderson
Frits
Holland
Mexico