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A Food Council That Changes the Menu
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A Food Council That Changes the Menu

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodNovember 7, 2026November 7, 2026

I’ve sat through countless meetings where administrators present glossy, expensive digital platforms designed to track student satisfaction, as if a…

Reducing Waste Without Under-serving
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Reducing Waste Without Under-serving

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodNovember 3, 2026

I’ve sat in far too many school kitchens at 1:30 PM, watching a staff member scrape a mountain of perfectly…

Forget the Aesthetic Containers and the 20-ingredient Recipes: Here Is How to Meal Prep for Beginners Without Burning Out or Breaking Your Kitchen.
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Forget the Aesthetic Containers and the 20-ingredient Recipes: Here Is How to Meal Prep for Beginners Without Burning Out or Breaking Your Kitchen.

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodOctober 28, 2026October 28, 2026

If you’ve spent any time on social media, you’ve seen the “aesthetic” version of meal prepping: twenty identical glass containers…

Measuring Waste Tells You What They Reject
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Measuring Waste Tells You What They Reject

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodOctober 26, 2026

I’ve sat in enough school dining halls to know that when a manager starts talking about “integrated waste-tracking software” or…

Queue Length Decides What Gets Eaten
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Queue Length Decides What Gets Eaten

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodOctober 18, 2026

I remember standing in a primary school kitchen back in 2014, watching a line of thirty exhausted seven-year-olds staring at…

Twenty Minutes to Eat Is Not Enough
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Twenty Minutes to Eat Is Not Enough

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodOctober 14, 2026

I’ve spent more time in echoing, fluorescent-lit school halls than I care to admit, and if there is one thing…

Teaching Children to Describe What They Taste
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Teaching Children to Describe What They Taste

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodOctober 6, 2026

I remember standing in a school kitchen three years ago, watching a trainee chef dump a massive container of pre-made…

A School Garden That Actually Gets Eaten
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A School Garden That Actually Gets Eaten

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodSeptember 24, 2026

I’ve sat through enough “educational garden” seminars to know that most of them are filled with expensive, high-concept nonsense about…

Teaching Cooking as a Practical Skill
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Teaching Cooking as a Practical Skill

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodSeptember 21, 2026November 9, 2026

I’ve sat through enough “innovative” teaching seminars to know that most people approach the topic of how food education fits…

Stop Trying to Be a Michelin Chef and Learn How to Meal Prep for the Week Using Systems That Actually Stick.
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Stop Trying to Be a Michelin Chef and Learn How to Meal Prep for the Week Using Systems That Actually Stick.

Ottoline Achebe-KirkwoodSeptember 19, 2026October 31, 2026

I’ve spent enough time in school kitchens to know that the “Pinterest version” of meal prepping is a dangerous fantasy.…

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