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Article: Please Pass the (Local, Homemade) Salt: Bon Appetit Management Company Chefs Embark on Treasure Hunt for Best Locally-Grown Lunch-Makings.
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- AScribe Business & Economics News Service
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- September 5, 2006
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Byline: Straus Communications
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- All of a sudden, it's cool to care where your food comes from. But how easy is it to eat local when you're cooking lunch for 5,000? In the Midwest? In October? Creating an entirely local meal can be a struggle, even for professional chefs. But as 400 Bon Appetit Management Company chefs from across the nation prepare for the second annual Eat Local Challenge, they are discovering that eating local is less a struggle than a treasure hunt.
On Oct. 3, 400 Bon Appetit restaurants and cafes across the country will serve a lunch made entirely of ingredients from within a 150 mile ...