Hannah Katsman is a mother of six and an expert on efficient cooking. At Cooking Manager, she shares easy recipes and tips on planning menus, shopping, food storage, appliance usage, entertaining, leftovers, and more. Below, she lends her insight on how to reduce waste and enjoy your Thanksgiving:
Lots of guests, a table groaning with food, [...]

Not content with their excellent 2008 study on waste throughout the food chain in Britain, the semi-governmental group WRAP just released a more detailed study on household food waste.
This is a pretty big deal in these parts, and I’ll be making my way through the study in the coming days. In the meantime, here are [...]

I guess the Yankees aren’t all bad.
There’s a neat article in today’s Times tracing the path of donated concession food from Yankee Stadium to those in need in the surrounding neighborhoods.
Rock and Wrap it Up facilitates this donation of unsold event food and many others. I spent a pleasant summer evening talking with founder Syd Mandelbaum [...]

Taylor, Texas has its own backyard produce-to-the-hungry program. For those of you green thumbs in towns without such a thing, check out Ample Harvest.
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If you think you’re having a bad day, at least this didn’t happen to you. What a nightmare!
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Save the date: June 20th marks the start of the second Eating Down the Fridge challenge.
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Pass the cheese, help yourself to some wine…it’s time for the opening of the second exhibit in the Wasted Food Gallery.
This exhibit comes to us from the camera of “Secret Freegan,” a Phoenix resident who dumpster dives and donates her findings to the hungry. You can view Secret Freegan’s photos via the Gallery tab, which is always atop the [...]

Huzzah!
Before lighting out for Europe, President Obama issued an executive order banning the use of cafeteria trays in federally-funded all-you-can-eat facilities. All colleges and universities that accept government money will have until August to cease using trays or risk losing their funding and, possibly, accreditation.
Sorry to say it, but…April Fool’s!! Oh well. Maybe when I’m [...]

Sometimes a little belt tightening is healthy. Lord knows we’ve had our national belt on pretty loosely these last few decades.
The economic downturn might help by forcing businesses and individuals to examine their habits. This USA Today piece on hotel budget trimming had this tidbit buried toward the end:

When [the] Hilton Anaheim anticipates low turnout [...]

It’s mid-March, which means it’s time for the ultimate collegiate competition. No, not the NCAA Tournament, RecycleMania!
That also means it’s time for my annual RecycleMania rant! The college recycling competition, which began 2001 under the auspices of the National Recycling Coalition, is generally a very positive undertaking. But, the “targeted materials” category of “food service organics” [...]

Loyal WF reader Dan Livingston recently e-mailed in with this question: Is there any rationale for going trayless in a non-all-you-can eat setting? If diners pay for each item, do trays encourage waste?
As far as I know, traylessness isn’t useful for reducing waste in an a la carte setting. But maybe some of you have experiences that support other [...]

As loyal WastedFood.com readers are no doubt aware, Jonathan is taking a brief hiatus from blogging as he and his wife have welcomed a baby boy into their previously waste-free lives. I told Jonathan that the least a new uncle could do was throw up a guest post or two. Here goes:

Let’s begin by agreeing [...]