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September 16, 2022 3:05 PM Subscribe
How to Feed NYC's Largest Middle School A NYTimes video with Priya Krishna interviewing Ruth Quizhpe, the head cook at New York's largest middle school.
It's a very different story from Jamie's Food Revolution, back in 2010.
Already before the pandemic, NYC made school lunches free for all students, regardless of family income. During the pandemic, that proved to be of essential value (and it is covered in the video above).
It's a very different story from Jamie's Food Revolution, back in 2010.
Already before the pandemic, NYC made school lunches free for all students, regardless of family income. During the pandemic, that proved to be of essential value (and it is covered in the video above).
This was lovely. And kudos to NYC for making lunches (and it sounds like breakfast and snack, too!) free for all students. Wish this was adopted nationwide. Being a kid and focusing in school is hard enough; nobody should have to do it on an empty stomach.
And I would have loved that bean salad. Gimme!
posted by xedrik at 4:25 PM on September 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
And I would have loved that bean salad. Gimme!
posted by xedrik at 4:25 PM on September 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
I love this series and I’m so glad it’s back. I liked her well enough in the Bon Apetit kitchen, but I fell in love when during the pandemic she made videos at her parents home. I feel like with this show(?) she’s really come into her own. I love a good human interest story that’s actually interesting. This is really good and it deserves to be more widely seen. I wish that this was what normal TV was like.
posted by Conrad-Casserole at 9:45 PM on September 16, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by Conrad-Casserole at 9:45 PM on September 16, 2022 [3 favorites]
I love this series and I’m so glad it’s back.
Ditto. The rest of the series is worth checking out too. It doesn't afaik have its own playlist, but this one has all her appearances on NYT Cooking.
She and her mom also appeared on an episode of a series for Gastro/Atlas Obscura.
posted by juv3nal at 10:43 PM on September 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
Ditto. The rest of the series is worth checking out too. It doesn't afaik have its own playlist, but this one has all her appearances on NYT Cooking.
She and her mom also appeared on an episode of a series for Gastro/Atlas Obscura.
posted by juv3nal at 10:43 PM on September 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
Truly heartwarming. The prep and co-ordination and stamina I imagine is required for such a small team to feed 2000+ students a day is mind-blowing - let alone what they accomplished during lockdown.
I would love to learn more about Ruth’s transition from jewelry designer to head cook: those first few months on the job must have been seriously intimidating. (Well, they certainly would be for me!)
posted by tuckshopdilettante at 9:44 AM on September 17, 2022
I would love to learn more about Ruth’s transition from jewelry designer to head cook: those first few months on the job must have been seriously intimidating. (Well, they certainly would be for me!)
posted by tuckshopdilettante at 9:44 AM on September 17, 2022
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