Monthly Archives: June 2011

Smack. Shack. Attack.

By infood | Published: June 29, 2011

With the summer sun finally shinning, food truck workers are excited to see people out and about enjoying their specialty foods on wheels. Food trucks were a predicted trend this year, and boy, are they ever! Not only do they serve delicious food, but the convenience and the experience make food trucks so enjoyable. As [...]

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Hats off to the lunch ladies!

By infood | Published: June 27, 2011

If there’s one job I don’t envy, it’s that of a school foodservice director. Talk about challenging: your government funding is based on how many lunches you serve, which means your budget directly correlates to serving meals kids will eat. Plus, due to the childhood obesity epidemic, there’s a very real need to offer healthier [...]

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Children’s Food Allergies on the Rise

By infood | Published: June 24, 2011
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According to studies conducted by Pediatrics journal, children’s food allergies are now more common and more severe. Today, food allergies affect 1 in 12 youngsters in the U.S.–that’s nearly 6 million children nationwide–an average of two children per classroom! Dr. Ruchi Crupta, a pediatrician and researcher at Children’s Memorial Hospital, told reporters that the allergies [...]

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Paying It Forward

By infood | Published: June 21, 2011

Our “Yes!” to L.U.N.C.H. campaign has been extraordinarily successful (thanks again!) and we met our goal of 1000 “attendees” in only day 2 of the campaign. So far, 1492 people have clicked to attend the event. This is tremendous news in the fight against childhood hunger. Better yet, one of our clients, Arden Culinary, a [...]

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Chef speaks, kids listen.

By infood | Published: June 20, 2011

“Be healthy – follow the 4 basic food groups and exercise” – that’s what I learned in elementary school. It’s simply not that simple today. Child obesity has been a hot topic for several years. It’s still shocking to learn that 1 in 3 children in America are overweight or obese. The encouraging news is [...]

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Gold at the end of this Rainbow

By infood | Published: June 16, 2011

A few of us foodies here at IN are lucky to be involved with a great networking group here in the Twin Cities known as the MN Food Bloggers. As the name implies, the group is comprised of Minnesotans who blog…about food – some professionally, others for hobby, but all are extremely knowledgeable and passionate. [...]

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Wow, you people rock!

By infood | Published: June 14, 2011

It’s only Day 2 of our Say “Yes!” to L.U.N.C.H. campaign and we already have 848 attendees (as of this second). That translates into $848 that we will be donating to Second Harvest Heartland on their behalf. Wow, the support has been truly overwhelming and demonstrates how impactful social media can be. Local and national [...]

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“Yes!” to L.U.N.C.H.

By infood | Published: June 13, 2011
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For most of us, summer means blissful warm weather, weekends up north, bbq’s and s’mores by the fire. For the nearly 300,000 Minnesota kids that depend on the free or reduced-cost meals provided during the school year, it means unhealthy meals – or worse, no meals at all. In order to combat child hunger this summer, [...]

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The scoop on salsa.

By infood | Published: June 10, 2011

It’s time for another brand test! With spring (or lack there of) jumping quickly to scorching temperatures, we decided to put salsas to the test­ – for a taste of summer. The four contestant’s were: 1. Green Mountain Gringo 2. La Preferida Organic 3. Newman’s Own 4. Lunds & Byerly’s Lunds & Byerly’s variety of [...]

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NRA Show Recap

By infood | Published: June 2, 2011

The 2011 National Restaurant Association Hotel-Motel Show was held at Chicago’s McCormick Place from May 21-24. Thousands of exhibitors polished and shined their booths and cooked up samples for hungry attendees. And tens of thousands of hungry attendees walked the tradeshow floor for 4 solid days while they packed away those samples. Attendance was up [...]

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