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Closing tabs (about food and education)

February 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments

1. No Brownies at Bake Sales, but Doritos May Be O.K. raised my blood pressure way more than a whole plate of brownies (mmm… brownies):

Nine months after effectively banning most fund-raising food sales in city schools, a city panel will vote Wednesday on an amended regulation that will allow student groups to sell items [...]

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Tags: Food · Links · School

Grown-up Table: The Abstinence Teacher, Tom Perrotta

April 14th, 2008 · No Comments

In a recent post I set myself a challenge to read one grown-up book for every 2 or 3 YA books I read this year, to give myself the same chance at a literary lens for adulthood that I had for childhood/adolescence.
For my first meal at the grown-up table, I picked The Abstinence Teacher, by [...]

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Tags: Grown-up table · Reviews