Danny Bowien. Chef. Rad dude. SF.

Danny Bowien is the chief chef at SF's Mission Chinese Food, an original project started by partner Anthony Myint (Mission Street Food) in 2010. Operating out of Lung Shan Restaurant, a rando Chinese joint on Mission St., Danny's food has received national acclaim and the resto will soon open a 2nd location in New York's L.E.S. "The idea behind mission chinese food is quite simple." says Danny. "Alot of people think of chinese food as sweet and sour pork and walnut prawns. And no matter what they say on the menu, it's usually not 'spicy'...And although we enjoy sweet and sour as much as the next guy, there are so many different types of chinese food that we are excited about and feel challenged to make. Islamic chinese. Sichuan. Taiwanese. (no stinky tofu, sorry can't get behind that one.) So there. We want to make delicious, frequently spicy chinese food, besides what everyone already gets delivered, without m.s.g., with responsibly sourced proteins and vegetables." Even more impressive than the menu, is their charity involvement: the resto donates .75 cents from each dish to the SF Food Bank (the NY resto will work the same-with a local charity yet to be determined). Danny says, "Donating to charity is our biggest goal. We have no fine-dining aspirations.” Awesome.
Check out the VBS MUNCHIES feature on Danny here
missionchinesefood.com

Happyolks. A Food Blog. San Diego.

"I’m Kelsey, he’s Shaun. We’re two young folks with a passion for soaking up, drinking in, and celebrating the good stuff in life. Here at Happyolks, we want to share the experience of creating a wholesome meal and the happiness that inherently grows from it (...) Eat organic, BUY LOCAL, experiment, make your own, hug often, laugh, cry, celebrate the little things, and most importantly be kind. Be kind to your body, be kind to the earth, be kind to everyone you meet – you never know who is fighting a hard battle. "
-happyolks.com
Capturing the beauty of food... Happyyolks is one of my fave food blogs... well designed and photographed.

Laura Whelan AKA Red Haired Designer. Toronto.

Food Loved project.
redhaireddesigner.com

Grown in Detroit. A Documentary.

Cinematography by Suzan van Steenwijk. Filmmij AKA Mascha and Manfred Poppenk are the Dutch filmmakers behind this doc. They met in Africa, where they shot the wildlife film 'Serengeti Symphony'.
Grown in Detroit focuses on the urban gardening efforts managed by a public school of 300, mainly African-American, pregnant and parenting teenagers. As part of the curriculum, the girls are taught agricultural skills on the school's own farm located in what used to be the playground. The young mothers learn to become knowledgeable about the importance of nutritional foods, the process by which these foods arrive at their plates, and to become self-empowered through the process of farming. Urban farming is an effective solution for Detroit... as industrial models fail, this is a sustainable model to be replicated in other North American cities.
'Pay what you want' to watch this beautifully inspiring film and you'll have on-line access to the doc for 24hrs: grownindetroitmovie.com

Craighton Berman. Illustrator. Creative director. Designer. Chicago.

52meals.tumblr.com - collaborative blog with his wife.
fueledbycoffee.com

Kids School Lunches. USA Vs. Asia.

Country: USA Contents: Mashed potatoes, gravy, turkey, and a roll.


Country: China Contents: A fish, scrambled egg with tomato sauce, rice, spinach, cauliflower, and soup


Country: USA Contents: Hot dog, tater tots, corn on the cob, chocolate milk and ketchup.


Country: Singapore Contents: Noodles, greens, pork, broccoli.


Country: USA Contents: Quesadilla-n-milk (uhhh)


Country: Taiwan Contents: sweet and sour pork with pineapple, radish, carrots and green pepper, middle: vegetable stir fry with garlic, fish ball stew with cabbage, carrots and wood ear mushroom, and soup: seaweed and egg drop.


Country: USA Contents: Ham and cheese sandwich, corn, peas and carrots, chocolate milk and orange Jello


Country: Singapore Contents: Fried chicken, rice, greens, stir fry


Country: USA Contents: Chicken, carrots, mashed potatoes and water.


Country: Singapore Contents: Fried anchovies, omelette, cabbage stir-fry with tomato and beansprouts, and chicken chop.


Country: USA Contents: Chili dog with cheese, French fries, milk.


Country: Japan Contents: Soup, rice with vegetables and meat, milk.


Country: USA Contents: juice, mixed veggies (Green Beans, Yellow/Orange carrots, pearl onions, red peppers), egg bread, turkey meatballs, cheese ravioli


Country: South Korea Contents: Mixed grains and rice, bean stew, mixed and fried chicken and vegetables, simmered seaweed a.k.a. steamed green beans, and cabbage kimchi.


Country: USA Contents: An empanada, waffle, peach, chocolate milk.


Country: Japan Contents: Sweet mochi rice with sweet potatoes and black sesame seeds, tofu and seaweed soup, radish and seaweed mixed salad, fried sea bass, and a mandarin orange


Country: USA Contents: Cheeseburger, tater tots, chocolate milk, chocolate pudding, and ketchup


Country: USA Contents: Spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic bread, salad, salad dressing, pears, chocolate milk.


Country: Japan Contents: Rice w/nori, hamburgers, fried chicken, the ball looking thing is boiled slimy potato, corn and radish salad and pasta under the hamburgers, and a tomato.


Country: USA Contents: Grilled cheese sandwich and apples.


Country: Japan Contents: Rice w/konbu (a sweet seaweed), nikkujagga (beef with veggies), omelette, sausage, potato puff, apple.


Country: USA Contents: Pizza, casserole?, fruit cup, celery with peanut butter and raisins (aka ants on a log), carrot slices, chocolate milk, ranch dressing, fruit rollup, rice crispy treat and Fritos.


Country: Japan Contents: Mabo Tofu, fish cake, apple, boiled quail egg, beef, bean sprouts, rice with salmon.


Country: USA Contents: Beef and Cheese Enchiladas, Spanish Rice, beans a la charra, strawberries, skim milk.

via: whatsforschoollunch.blogspot.com