On Saturday night, while babysitting, I availed myself of the family's television, with their 60 channels (yes, the kids were asleep). Unfortunately, it was a Saturday, so there was pretty much nothing on, but I did manage to find one riveting program, called (as you may have guessed) Jamie's School Dinners. Basically, Jamie Oliver (The Naked Chef) decided to try to reform the repulsive school dinners that were being served to elementary schoolers in the UK. He made new menus (ones that didn't include "tater tots in the shape of happy faces" and "pretend pork chops") and trained kitchen staff, only to be confronted with kids who didn't want to try the new food. He found a solution to that (schools held a "food week"), and has even managed to convince the government to revise the situation, increasing funding to the school dinner program. It's all very impressive, except that now some schools are stuck in contracts with the crapfood suppliers, and can't get out for several years. Hey, suppliers, here's an idea: serve better food.
But if you ever get a chance, watch it. It's good, and honestly, schools around here could take a few pointers, too.
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