It’s burger season, y’all! As the temperatures climb and the days grow longer, dinnertime reclaims its significance in this household. More sunlight means more time to enjoy the outdoors, and with that comes more convivial gatherings. Well, that is at least until July when we Austinites wonder if we are indeed deranged to continue living here. (Don’t worry, these preposterous, heat-induced thoughts fade at the first drop of a leaf come September.) But no matter how hot our summers get, grilling is always a central part of outdoor entertainment….

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“The doctor of the future will give no mediation, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.”

-Thomas Edison

Over the past three years, I have spent my days observing and teaching in more than 10 different public elementary and middle schools here in Austin. In turn, I have also been endowed with the opportunity to see what goes on in these said schools’ dazzling lunch lines. For ages, a bad reputation has tarnished our schools’ cafeteria food: devoid of flavor. Minimally nutritious. And guess what? Nothing has changed. If I were a kid in this day and age….I would be choosing the pizza over the raw, flavorless broccoli too. Even if I knew better….

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