Author: Sam Daniel

Keeping Sustainability Sustainable

With the concept of sustainability well into its second decade, a number of operators have found that their programs have begun to stagnate. There may be one or more reasons: customers and staff may be losing interest, the financial aspect of maintaining such efforts have begun to weigh on the department, or operators simply believe […]

MEDRAD, Inc. and Parkhurst Work to Become 100 Percent Compostable

Earth Day brought special meaning at Pittsburgh-based Medrad. It meant the completion of a major initiative that implemented composting of pre- and post-consumer food waste and biodegradable serviceware throughout the company’s four Pittsburgh-area locations, all of which are working to become 100% compostable. Terry Geracia, executive chef for Parkhurst Dining Services at Medrad, spoke toFSDabout […]

Parkhurst Dining Works with MEDRAD® on Sustainability Initiative to Reduce Dining Services Waste through Composting; Earth Day Celebration Encourages Employees to Compost Food and Service Ware

WARRENDALE, Pa., April 18, 2011 –With a strong commitment to environmental stewardship, MEDRAD, INC. and its dining services partner, Parkhurst Dining will kick-off Earth Day one day early with a very special event on April 21, 2011, (11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.). The sustainability-focused celebration recognizes the completion of a major initiative where pre-and post-consumer […]

Chefs cook international dishes for students at Robert Morris University.

Thursday, April 14, 2011 By Linda Wilson Fuoco, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette College cafeteria food has come a long way from the days of “mystery meat” languishing on warming tables. A crew of “Traveling Chefs” treated students at Robert Morris University to healthy, fresh food cooked to order in front of them. Chefs used “authentic ingredients and […]

Parkhurst Dining Guests Learn About Global Cuisine During Traveling Chef Events

Parkhurst Dining’s guests experience and learn more about global cuisine during Traveling Chefs, a Parkhurst Dining Services promotion where chefs prepare healthy and fresh foods to order and in front of guests using authentic ingredients and food preparation techniques indicative of Lebanon, Cuba, Vietnam and Thailand. Traveling Chefs is a unique promotion that touts the […]

“Local Flavors for Super Bowl” (At Parkhurst-Managed PNC Locations)

As a food editor with deep Super Bowl experience, I am really enjoying how, like other national religious holidays, the “Big Game” is allowing folks to have fun with their food. It has been daunting to deal with the barrage of e-mails from marketers for whom no angle is too lame to try to get […]

“Preparing the Perfect Super Bowl” (Featuring Parkhurst Catering Tips)

Many of us will huddle around our TVs with family and friends this Sunday evening watching the Super Bowl matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers. Food is a critical component to these festivities. “We all like to eat,” says John Marshall, owner of John Marshall Catering. “And food is such a large […]