Saturday, March 26, 2005

 

Spotlight: British chef Jamie Oliver has launched a crusade to improve school lunches. He started a website (feedmebetter.com) to educate and campaign for more nutritional meals for Britain's schoolkids. In his TV show, Jamie's School Dinners, he takes over a cafeteria in a London, school, and serves healthy meals within the official budget. (story)

Quote: "Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food. " -- Mary Catherine Bateson

Today in History:

• Dr. Jonas Salk: announced polio vaccine (1953)
• Bangladesh: proclaimed its independence (1971)
• Boris Yeltsin: elected in Soviet Union's first free elections (1989)

Today's Birthdays:

• creative writing: Edward Bellamy (1850-1898), A. E. Housman (1859-1936), Robert Frost (1874-1963), Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), and Erica Jong (63)
• Sandra Day O'Connor: first woman U.S. Supreme Court Justice (75)
• acting: Leonard Nimoy (74), Alan Arkin (71), James Caan (65), Martin Short (55), and Keira Knightley (20)

Word of the Day:  gourmand: someone who loves good food, sometimes to excess; not to be confused with gourmet -- someone who takes pleasure in good food, but with moderation.   (© )