PAUSD Salad Bar

Palo Alto Food Services is celebrating Tasting Week with us again this year. Nine Palo Alto schools will host special lunch programs over the next few days. On Friday October 12, Barron Park Elementary inaugurated the first A to Z salad bar. Kids in the hot lunch program were able to sample 26 different types of fruits and vegetables, one for each letter of the alphabet. S for strawberry, J for Jicama and W for watermelon were some of the most popular items, but the kids also rushed to letter X – for eXtra fancy pluot. Some adventurous children even tried the V – very smelly green onion. Balloons, crayons, and worksheets on healthy eating were there to complement the salad bar.

On Friday evening, adults only gathered at the San Francisco Metreon to celebrate the now traditional French Soiree of the American Chamber of Commerce. The evening buzzed with cooking and wine tasting competitions, ice carving, pulled sugar and chocolate demonstrations. Take a look at the beautiful wolf head carved in 40 pounds of chocolate! At Tasting Week we also celebrated our first donation through the live auction kindly donated by the Ritz Carlton. By the way, if you want to donate to Tasting Week online, feel free to jump in by contributing to http://www.gofundme.com/17ucx0