The Lunch Box Welcome to the largest online resource for scratch cooking in schools! A program of the Chef Ann Foundation, this site features step-by-step guides, tools, and other resources …

The Lunch Box is the largest online resource for scratch cooking in schools. Our mission is to provide school district administrators, food service directors, and their teams with the tools and …

Hundreds of kid-tested, culinary-inspired recipes built specifically for school meal programs.

Chef Ann secured funding to develop The Lunch Box website by 2007, and founded the Chef Ann Foundation in 2009. The site officially launched in 2010, and included the largest database of …

The recipe search is powered by Horizon Software International’s K–12 software, which provides The Lunch Box with a recipe interface that is easily recognizable to the K–12 user and ensures …

School Food Operational Models Learn how each operational model affects the food on the lunch tray, and untangle the complicated web of school food operations.

USDA guidelines for the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs require that either low- or non-fat milk be offered with every school lunch or breakfast. As a result, most schools serve …

Facilities including salad bars, cooking equipment, and service equipment; Human resources including job descriptions, professional development, and staffing structure; and Marketing …

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