One-on-One with a Food Service Director: Alice Mathews
SAGE Community, One-on-One, Featured Venue
Alice Mathews, Food Service Director at St. Martin's Episcopal School in Atlanta, GA, feels a responsibility to help students develop healthy eating habits while keeping the lunch experience fun and exciting! Who inspired you to cook? My grandmother loved to cook and I loved to spend time with her. She never followed a recipe. She just used a pinch of this, a dash of that, and whatever ingredients were around. If you could prepare a meal for anyone, past or present, who would it be, and what would you...
From Our Kitchen: Quiche-Stuffed Bell Peppers
From Our Kitchen
Try this fun, kid-friendly recipe for quiche-stuffed peppers! Colorful, delicious, and nutrient-dense, they’re sure to become a staple on your family menu for years to come. Quiche-Stuffed Bell Peppers Serves 4 Ingredients: 2 bell peppers 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/4 cup onion, diced 1/4 cup broccoli, chopped 1/4 cup tomato, diced 3 eggs 1/8 cup whole milk 1/8 teapsoon cayenne pepper, ground 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon black pepper, ground 1/4 cup cheddar cheese, shredded Preparation: Step 1 Preheat oven to 375˚F. Step 2 Halve, core, and...
SAGE Defines the Food Service Standard
Sustainability, Gardens, From Here. From Near., SAGE Standards
The SAGE Standards are the guiding principles to which we adhere. They’re our promise to our campus communities—fresh, wholesome, made-from-scratch food that pleases a variety of palates and meets a variety of dietary needs. We feel good knowing that our Standards support the health of our communities, their environments, and their local economies. We’ll touch upon these Standards in a series of upcoming posts. SAGE Standard #1: “We cook from scratch, using local and campus-grown ingredients where possible.”...
Summer Program Feature: A Path to Success at GFS
SAGE Community, Featured Venue, Summer program
Some seventh-grade girls spend their summer afternoons with friends on the beach, chasing the sweet spot between a summery glow and a sunburn while reading their favorite author’s newest novel. At Garrison Forest School in Owings Mills, Maryland, a group of girls rests their heads on their desks while the lively intonations of an audiobook reverberate through the darkened classroom. When the tape clicks to a stop, the instructor flips the lights on and the girls lift their heads. Then...
One-on-One with a SAGE Food Service Director
SAGE Community, One-on-One, Featured Venue
FSD Robyn Kunze has been with SAGE for nearly five years in her current position at Phoenix Country Day School. Robyn is an experienced chef, avid educator, and team leader who brings her passion for food and community to everything she does. What do you do on a daily basis? I do a lot of planning and organizing. I’m always coordinating orders and menus, and working with my Team when they need help with anything. I also help out with...
From Our Kitchen: Grilled Coconut Chicken
From Our Kitchen
Perfect for a late-summer barbecue bash, these flavorful chicken thighs never last long off the grill. The smooth cream of coconut milk and toasty warmth of sesame oil play well with any number of flavors, from the bright tang of lime to the sweet bite of red onion. Find out for yourself this weekend! Grilled Coconut Chicken Yield: Serves 8 Ingredients: 1 medium onion, chopped 1/2 teaspoon garlic, minced 1 cup light soy sauce 3/4 cup coconut milk 1 cup water...
Locally Sourced: Hearth and Home at H&S Bakery
Locally Sourced
A recent visit to Baltimore-based H&S Bakery affirms what we’ve known about the company all along: “Quality is the most important thing for us.” A walk through the H&S Bakery feels a whole lot like stumbling into someone else’s family reunion. As Ryan Paterakis leads me around the plant, he seems to say in response to every friendly face that crosses our path: “That’s my cousin, so-and-so.” This warmth and familiarity are in keeping with the origins of...
One-on-One with a SAGE Software Developer
Technology, SAGE Community, One-on-One
Technology is of great importance to SAGE—not only our meals, but also our tools, are made from scratch. We invest in building custom, state-of-the-art technological solutions for our clients, from the ground up. Meet Senior Software Engineer Leela Sedaghat—violinist, fashionista, and ping-pong player extraordinaire—a Renaissance woman whose easy eloquence and big-picture sensibility fly in the face of the one-dimensional "techie" stereotype. How did you become interested in software engineering? I’d always been interested in computers and coding, but I’d never considered it...
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At SAGE Dining Services®, our unparalleled expertise in nutrition, sustainability, and culinary trends produces exceptional dining experiences that delight the senses, inspire minds, and foster community.
