| MATAMOROS — While some schools endeavor to bring meals like mom makes to their students, at Franklin Delano Roosevelt ...
MATAMOROS � While some schools endeavor to bring meals like mom makes to their students, at Franklin Delano Roosevelt Elementary school in Matamoros, moms are brought to the school to make students meals. �Who better to make them lunch,� reasoned Principal Maria de Los Angeles Galvan Tapia. �They�re cooking for their kids, so obviously they want to feed them well.� Out of necessity more than careful planning, moms at Franklin, as the school is known across the city, take turns cooking lunch for 550 hungry children. Without government funding for a school lunch program, schools in Mexico employ a variety of low cost alternatives, usually on the parents� dime. At Franklin, parents have taken up the cause of organizing meals for their students. Responsibilities for the week rotate among parents, mostly mothers.
[UMNS-ALL-NEWS] UMNS# 426-United Methodist agencies join anti-tobacco effort
NOTE: Photographs are available at http://umns.umc.org. By Rich Peck* NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS)--Two agencies of The United Methodist Church have joined 24 other religious groups urging Congress to authorize the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products. The Commission on United Methodist Men and the United Methodist Board of Church and Society are urging a congressional subcommittee to back the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. The pending legislation would give the FDA authority to restrict tobacco advertising, regulate warning labels, remove hazardous ingredients from cigarettes or reduce nicotine levels. "This is the fifth regional meeting designed to bring grassroots support for the legislation," said Vinny DeMarco, national coordinator of Faith United Against Tobacco, during an Aug.
Le Cordon Bleu Chef Shares Restaurant Secrets
Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes of your favorite restaurants? You know, what's common knowledge among chefs and servers, but not so well-known among customers? We have some answers for you.Earlier this summer, I spent some time at Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School in Mendota Heights, Minn. and had a chance to interview the chef instructor there, Pierre Rabbia. He has 25 years of experience at restaurants in Europe and here in the U.S. He shared some advice about dining out.I asked him about the stories I have read about avoiding having dinner out on Monday nights. It's been reported that Mondays are the worst time to eat out because restaurants often use the ingredients that are leftover from the weekend.Rabbia chose the high road on that one and instead told me the best night of the week to dine out: Thursday."Usually Thursday is a good night because you receive the fresh produce for the weekend, and the service will be more attentive ...
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