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The Food Network star was serving up some "sizzling soft tacos" to a group of sixth graders at New York City's Public School 89 when the uninvited guest crashed the party. A reporter for the New York Daily News noticed the six-legged bug scrambling across the table, and then watched as Charlie Dougiello, Ray's publicist, swatted the vermin away.
Ray, who was at the school to introduce her new healthy lunch menu, told the Daily News that she missed the whole thing. "I did not see that. It's unfortunate if there was [a bug]. I think that these schools strive to be the best across the board; I'm sure that includes cleanliness."
The special menu was developed in conjunction with the city's Department of Education and Ray's foundation, Yum-o!, and features the soft tacos, sweet roasted corn, vegetarian "veg-head" beans, steamed broccoli and a southwest Yum-o! ranch sauce. It will be served on Thursday to more than 600,000 public school students.
"Since 2004 we have made our meals healthier and tastier by providing items, such as fresh fruits, low-fat milk and whole wheat grains and pasta," Deputy Chancellor Kathleen Grimm said in a statement. "Thanks to Rachel Ray, we have a new menu item that fits our nutritional guidelines and is a great choice for our students.
The sixth-grade taste testers at PS 89 gave Ray's lunch vittles the thumbs up.
"It just doesn't taste like the normal cafeteria food," Coby Levinson, 11, told the Daily News. "It tastes better."
"I like the beans the best because I eat chicken a lot," classmate Peyton Avrans told the paper.
[Via New York Daily News]
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10-27-2009 @8:48PM cathy said... What a great idea for the kids. I once found part of a bug in a salad at a seemingly upscale restaurant. I actually wish I would have found the whole thing. http://beyondbitch.wordpress.com
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10-28-2009 @6:16AM Lotte said... A number of years ago we had taken our children to a local "restaurant" (HUGE national chain). Right in the middle of the meal several cockroaches crawled across the table - GROSS! My husband and sons weren't fazed in the least, but I was so disgusted by the bugs and the lack of concern shown by the staff and management (who gave no apology and didn't even offer any recompense), that I left the rest of my meal uneaten and went and sat in the car.
Needless to say we didn't return to that restaurant...on a side note, that location didn't remain open much longer after that anyway - hmmmm, wonder why?
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10-28-2009 @7:12AM ray said... my guess the roach tried some of her cooking an was trying to get to the er
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10-28-2009 @7:20AM Healthy meat said... So she served a vegetarian meal and then they say that the schools are under guidelines to serve "healthier meals" as if to imply that meat can't be part of a healthy meal.
So public schools are going even further to promote the nazilib, animal "right's" wacko agenda, under the guise of "health".
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10-28-2009 @7:42AM Starlitkate said... Whoever does her makeup should be fired. Those eyebrows look like they've been scorched.
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10-28-2009 @7:59AM Sharon said... The close up of Rachael at the beginning of this article.......What is wrong with her teeth???
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10-28-2009 @8:07AM HowthCastle said... Dear God, you so-called "conservatives' are stupid! Anything you disagree with is "nazi". Look, I'm not a vegetarian, but its just a fact (oops, facts are "nazi" things!) that most people would be better off to eat less meat--it encourages obesity and high cholesterol. Cutting back would lead to better "health". And no, Rachael Ray has no plans to send baton-wielding storm troopers to round up meat-eaters and send them to concentration camps!
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10-28-2009 @8:07AM OMG said... Look at it this way. Not everyone gets 'MEAT' in their meals. It's best if dead, that way you don't have to chase your food. If it gets away, stick around, my guess is there are plenty more where that one came from. (Remember to chew your food good and share)
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10-28-2009 @8:16AM BigD said... the front R FAKE and the back ones R REAL....LOOK CLOSER and u will C
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10-28-2009 @8:18AM BigD said... W/ that little round @ss swing in the kitchen HUM... I wonder if she wears a THONG while cook'in
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10-28-2009 @8:34AM Wish Belkin said... "I did not see that"
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How did she miss it?
New York City cockroaches are as big as Buicks.
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10-28-2009 @9:13AM jljniel said... Bon Appetite!
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10-28-2009 @9:20AM BigD said... MMMMMM.....TASTY
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10-28-2009 @9:22AM kkies said... I was in an expensive french restaurant one time and a cockroch crawled across my lap. I jumped up and screamed. The waiter said, "Obviously, you have never been to Africa"'What does that have to do with anything? It was horrifying.
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10-28-2009 @9:56AM Vinnie said... My Father was a head custodian for over 25 years in the public school system and he ran one of the cleanest schools ever (he was a real clean freak) but I can tell you no matter how clean you are when you are in a school (be it public or private, Harvard or PS 123)there will always be cockroaches and mice. Cockroaches come in the backpacks, clothing, etc. of the children as well as in the many boxes and packages delivered daily. As for the mice they too travel amongst the delivered goods as well as sneek in from the outdoors. Try as you may a schools will always have some of these pests.
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10-28-2009 @10:00AM biglib said... This is NEW YORK CITY! The roach Was probably the school mascot.
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10-28-2009 @10:36AM Julia said... People - cockroaches come in through the dry paper goods, not because they were attracted to uncleanliness. Seeing one or more is no indication of the good or bad sanitation condition of the restaurant. If you see one, and are concerned, then ask to see a manager and request to see a copy of their latest pest control invoice. Find out how often they have treatment (should be weekly even if they see no evidence of pests) and if you're not satisfied, call the health department and ask them to run a check on the business.
I saw a mouse run across the floor of a grocery store last year and the staff said it happens all the time. I'm not surprised - if they can get into your home (let's face it, most of us have had to deal with them and our homes are clean), then they can get into a restaurant/grocery store.
People, lighten up. It's not always an epidemic.
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10-28-2009 @10:44AM NKY101 said... You obviously have your parties mixed up...It is your heroes, Peloser, Reid, and Obummer that call the opposition Nazi's.....when the town hall meetings backfired in the LOONS faces they were calling the concerned citizens Nazis, just because they were against their socialistic/marxist agenda.
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10-28-2009 @1:00PM LINDA said... OMG.....OMG....OMG....HOW YUK-O.......OMG...........WELL AT LEAST SHE GOT FREE MEAT WITH HER LUNCH BLECH....OMG.......OMG........OMG...............
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10-28-2009 @12:27PM Mike said... Cockroaches are a part of life, as are mice and a whole host of other vermin. Do I want a bug doing the backstroke in my soup? No but as long a place is making intentional efforts to keep back the pests then I can show some sympathy. Although I found a roach in my favorite dim sum place and haven't had the courage to go back yet.
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