Parkhurst Dining Helps Combat Childhood Obesity
WASHINGTON, PA, September 11, 2009 – Parkhurst Dining recently provided healthier dining menus and nutrition education that helped children ages 10 to 18 lose over 1,000 lbs. after attending Pennsylvania’s first 10-week Wellspring Adventure Camp at Washington & Jefferson College this summer. Among the most fun and most effective summer programs for fitness and weight […]
Parkhurst Dining Provides On-The-Go “Basics” at Colleges and Universities
PITTSBURGH, PA, September 2, 2009 – In response to college students who want a quality to-go sandwich, but don’t want to pay the price of a higher-end item, Parkhurst Dining responds by adding the “Basics” simple and inexpensive brown-bag sandwiches and wraps just like mom used to prepare and package, to its On-The-Go program at […]
Chatham University Partners with Parkhurst to Manage new Shadyside Campus
Chatham University said it hired Parkhurst Dining Services to manage the dining facility at Chatham Eastside, part of the university’s Shadyside campus. … Citigroup Inc. said yesterday that it sold $1.3 billion in credit card assets as the bank reorganizes. Terms of the deals and the buyer weren’t disclosed. … Richard T. Clark, current president […]
Greenhouse Garden a Success at Saint Francis University
Parkhurst Creates Farm to Fork at Saint Francis University
Steelers Rookies Get Helpful Lesson in Healthy Cooking from Parkhurst
It’s not often that you go to your local grocery store and see around 20 football players walking up and down the aisles, picking up fresh fruit and produce and a few goodies as well, but that was the case recently as a part of the Steelers orientation for their rookie class. Adjusting to life […]
Feast Seeks to Sustain the “Eat Local” Mission
The future of food production is sustainable and local. If you’ve missed that headline, the folks at the Rachel Carson Homestead in Springdale want to change that. The push behind this year’s “Rachel’s Sustainable Feast — Sampling the Best of Western Pennsylvania” on May 24 is to expand the audience for the message. “We want […]
Parkhurst Embraces Sustainability Initiatives
Strategies for Making Visiting Chef Programs Successful
It’s October 13, 2008 at New Jersey’s Princeton University and Mick Verheyen, executive chef at Chicago’s Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse, has prepared a delectable menu of filet sliders, marinated skirt steak, grilled yellowfin tuna, “killer” cole slaw and double baked potatoes. It’s a special menu that’s offered as part of the university’s Great Chefs of […]
Chef Voyages at Bayer Corporation
As part of Pittsburgh-based Parkhurst Dining Services’ Traveling Chefs program, chefs from around the company visit accounts to share special dishes with customers. Marcey Miller, general manager for Parkhurst at 1,400-employee Bayer in Pittsburgh, recently hosted two traveling chefs. Here, she talks about what the program brings to her operation. “We host traveling chefs twice […]