Cook for America

I just read a great article by Tom Philpott filled with suggestions for how we might use some of the stimulus package dollars to fix some of our food-related problems. My favorite was the idea of a "Teach for America" style program, which would put new culinary school graduates to work in public school cafeterias. As the author points out, they may have trouble getting jobs in high-end restaurants in this economy anyway. Might as well put those skills - and that passion - to use preparing delicious and nutritious meals for students. Imagine...school lunches made from scratch...maybe even using local and seasonal ingredients. Quite a step up from chicken nuggets and Friday's ubiquitous cheese pizza. You can read the article here.