Fed Up with Lunch: How one anonymous teacher revealed the ugly truth about school lunches - Tapa dura

When school teacher Mrs. Q forgot her lunch one day, she had no idea she was about to embark on an odyssey to uncover the truth about public school lunches. Shocked by what her students were served, she resolved to eat school lunch for an entire year, chronicling her experience anonymously on a blog that received thousands of hits daily, and was lauded by such food activists as Mark Bittman, Jamie Oliver, and Marion Nestle. Here, Mrs. Q reveals her identity for the first time in an eye-opening account of school lunches in America. Along the way, she provides invaluable resources for parents and health advocates who wish to help reform school lunch, making this a must-read for anyone concerned about children s health issues.

Mrs. Q is a public school teacher in Midwest U.S.A. In 2010, she started the Fed Up With Lunch blog where she recorded eating school lunch every day for a year. As of late June 2010, she had eaten 98 school lunches, including 38 fruit cups, 17 pieces of pizza, 12 beef burgers and more than 60 chicken nuggets. Her blog has been applauded by Jamie Oliver who has written a forward to her book.