cafeterias
School District Now Sending Kids' Unpaid Lunch Bills to Collections
One Rhode Island school district is playing hardball to recoup more than $45,000 of unpaid lunch balances.
Cambridge Students Criticize Cafeteria for Serving Inauthentic "Ethnic" Foods
A questionable "Jamaican stew" is at the center of a complaint from Cambridge University students, who have accused the prestigious school’s kitchen staff of misrepresenting foreign cultures with their menu offerings.
Harvard Students Are Hoarding Food as Cafeteria Workers Go on Strike
“In high school, I lived off of TV dinners. I can do it in college,” freshman Tauheed Islam said. “Worst case scenario, cannibalism.”
Berlin Court Says Schools Don't Have to Provide Vegan and Paleo Lunch Options
The father had argued that his daughter’s request was covered by the German constitution’s protection of the freedom of conscience. He also said that the school district met the dietary restrictions of people who cited religious reasons for following...
Students Are Calling a Mexican-Themed Dining Event Culturally Insensitive
One South Carolina university is learning the hard way that just because you want to serve up some Mexican food, albeit with a side of good ol’ American gentrification, does in no way mean that people are going to be cool with it.
A French School Made Its Muslim and Jewish Students Wear ID Tags At Lunchtime
School cafeterias—at least for the most part—are pretty damn grim affairs. But one French school in the wine-loving region of Burgundy is taking its school lunches to heretofore-unseen levels of dread and desolation.
The IRS Wants to Start Taxing You for All Those Free Work Lunches
A new IRS project titled the Priority Guidance Plan is reexamining the current exemption of free food perks for employees; it can potentially make freeloading employees have to file taxes for all of those free meals.
The Man Who Gave LA's Students Free Dinners May Also Have Embezzled Millions
David Binkle increased food access for tens of thousands of low-income students in LA. But unfortunately, he also blew millions of the school district's dollars in questionable ways.
This Mom Says a School Humiliated Her Children with Cheese Sandwiches
It's hard to say what qualifies as the shamiest food of all. But one Waldorf, MD mother says that schools use plain cheese sandwiches to embarrass students.
Your Eggs Will Be Less Rubbery If the Chef Can See You
A study shows that when the people making your meal can see you, they'll put a little more TLC into your breakfast and everyone ends up happier. So you might want to grab those counter seats.