food revolution

With Jamie Oliver beginning his second season of Food Revolution, it's time once again to think about the healthiness of the food served in public schools. I know, groan. Not good, right? The overall health of our kids is depressing; Jamie's famous tear-jerking scenes show kids whose lives have...

The term "Vegan Feast" sounds like an oxymoron, as joyless and tasteless as you can imagine. At least that's what I thought as I headed to the Future Leaders Institute Charter School in Harlem for a dinner of rabbity-sounding "plant-based food." Was I ever wrong. For starters, there was joy...

The crushing part in Jamie Oliver's "Food Revolution" comes halfway through the second episode, when the woman who administers the cafeterias for the Huntington, W.Va., school district comes to Jamie to tell him that his first few delicious, fresh-cooked meals have cost twice the amount the...

Lunchables may be mom-friendly and child-approved, but it's not exactly healthful nourishing food. In fact, Oscar Mayer's Lunchables (snack size) appears in the top four of WebMD's "Not-so-healthy snack" list, sharing top billing with such obvious selections as chocolate-covered doughnuts, mini...

The crushing part in Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution comes half-way through the second episode, when the woman who administers the cafeterias for the Huntington, W.V. school district comes to Jamie to tell him that his first few delicious, fresh-cooked meals have cost twice the amount the processed,...

Streetwise British chef Jamie Oliver is shaking up America's ideas of what's good to eat, with his Food Revolution show set in one of the U.S.'s unhealthiest cities. The reality TV show hits home for many families and has set food bloggers a-twitter. Are food makers paying attention?