5 Questions for: Marcus Samuelsson

3-28-2010 @3:16PM Rita said... found a great cookbook.. i can't tell you the name of it cause its politically incorrect and some of you will jump down my throat.. but if you have a good sense of humor and don't get offended easily.. google "whipped & beaten Culinary Works" to find it.. but seriously.. if you consider yourself to be conservative.. don't go.. it will just upset you.

4-02-2010 @3:15PM Monarch said... In my day also, there were NO obese children. We all moved -- we had bikes AND played outside AND played sports. . Food was a method of survival -- in moderation! I wok in retail & it's pitiful to see 12 yo girls wearing a woman's size 16 or an obese boy wear a man's 40 inch waste for pants! Kids today are a reflection of what the parent's look like and that is so so sad.

3-28-2010 @12:25PM joeyrabbit said... Obviously none of you have been in a public school cafeteria recently! Warmed frozen pizza and baked beans with peach halves in syrup...fried chicken nuggets (pressed meat products) canned corn and milk...the list goes on and on. The foods are processed and and loaded with sodium...my daughters took lunches and son takes lunches from home most days because the food is so unappetizing and overall NON-NUTRITIOUS. School districts are trying to fill stomach and save money...nutrition obviously is not high on the list! Get real people... $$$ is the concern, not your child's nutrition.

3-28-2010 @3:47PM snoel said... Lucky you and your mom was a good cook.....some us us had to eat what was on our plate regardless of portion size and taste, without dawdling or got the strap. I made sure my kids got a better diet. They didn't have the food police in my youth, mores the pity. He just wants better nutrition in schools.

3-28-2010 @11:40PM Jill said... I agree, schools are not really to blame. No one is forced to eat a school lunch, but I do believe many families are in a position where money is tight and a school lunch is probably cheaper or perhaps even free. With many, many families being "too busy" to even cook dinner, it's no wonder most don't care what their kids eat for lunch. Even if your child did eat a high fat lunch, if they have a healthy breakfast and dinner at home and get exercise, the average child wouldn't be overweight.

3-29-2010 @10:06AM AJ said... Okay old people. None of you have really seen school food. When I was in elementary and middle school, WE HAD NO CHOICES!!!! Everyone had the same food. We didn't seven have a choice of juice. Everyday was milk only. Then there are the daily fruit cups in fructose syrup. And you had the meal they were serving that day. This meal was eitherfrozen pizza, chicken nuggets, fish sticks, sloppy joes, grilled chicken, cheeseburgers, or meatballs. I had to eat that until the 8th grade. The food was free so parents weren't accustomed to sending healthy lunches with their kids. Then high school came. NO HEALTHY CHOICES WHATSOEVER!!!! Everything was fried. The deep fryer was constantly used. We brought it to the attention of the school but yet still today my school doesn't have any healthy choices. So just an fyi. You think we have to make good choices. There are NO good choices. It is only until we reach high school that we even have the luxury of choosing our meals. In fact, my school doesn't even serve vegetables other than the french fries from the deep fryer.

3-28-2010 @11:51AM Sue said... I am well aware of an overage of processed foods in the school lunches, however most districts do the best they can with the monies they have. Better food costs more money and there is no guarantee that the kids will eat it, no matter how many people are convinced they should eat it. Tthe state has strict guidelines about what is to be served. The districts are not just serving whatever they want, and purposely choosing unhealthy stuff. The whole situation goes back to what Gary said. The kid's eating habits start at home. If the kids are getting fruits and vegetable at home, they will eat them at school. So, all of you parents that think the school food is SO BAD, pack your kids a lunch every day. And please tell me how so many young kids are so familiar with fast food and don't know what fruits and vegetables are.

3-28-2010 @2:29PM Kathy said... Perhaps if you clicked on his name and read his bio you might just learn something.

3-29-2010 @5:13PM Matt said... I always felt that the kids that didn't eat school lunch ate crap. Hostess sugary stuff and lunchables, so much healthier than school lunch I'm sure. Then again, I was in a private school, we had little old church ladies that knew how to cook real food.