Press
The Lunch Tray (and/or I or my writing about kids and food) has appeared in these publications, blogs and other media outlets:
“Talking ‘Lunch Tray’ Reform,” July 21, 2011
“Can Your School Afford Healthier Cafeteria Food?” (June 14, 2011)
“The Family Dinner – An Interview with Laurie David” (May 6, 2011)
Blog profiled in Yum-O’s “How Cool Is That?” feature, February, 2011, and the March, 2011 Yum-O Newsletter
The Lunch Tray’s essay,”Legislate, Educate and Inoculate to Create Food-Savvy Kids,” chosen by a panel of expert judges (including former FDA commissioner David Kessler) as a winning entry in Slate‘s childhood obesity crowd-sourcing effort, March, 2011
Chosen as a Blog of the Month, November, 2010
“In War Against Obamas, Palin Drops Cookie Bomb,” November 10, 2010
(Mentioned by Dr. Susan Rubin on Chef Bill Telepan’s show, “Feeding Our Future,” September 7, 2010)
Named one of the “Top 25 Foodie Mom Bloggers” by Circle of Moms readers (March, 2011)
Named a “Food Hero” by the Allergy Kids Foundation, January, 2011.
Selected Lunch Tray posts are periodically reprinted in the Pew Charitable Trust’s Kids’ Safe & Healthful Foods Project newsletter, Chef Ann Cooper’s Lunch Box site and on Foodservice.com.
As a Contributing Blogger to the Houston Chronicle, I write The Spork Report, a blog devoted exclusively to Houston ISD school food news. The following articles written by me (or mentioning TLT) have appeared in the print version of the newspaper:
Op-Ed: ”Now’s Time to Rethink HISD Food Program” (by Bettina Elias Siegel) (December 16, 2011)
“The Current State of HISD School Food” (by Bettina Elias Siegel) (January 2011)
“Buzz Eats: The New School Lunch” (August 2010)
“The Lunch Tray: Why I Hate Cupcakes in the Classroom” (by Bettina Elias Siegel) (November 22, 2010)
“HISD’s menu changes provide food for thought” (by Bettina Elias Siegel) (September 1, 2010)
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