5 things: UMass again tops Princeton Review Best Campus Food list

In this edition of 5 Things, Food Management highlights five things you may have missed recently about developments affecting onsite dining.

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For the sixth year in a row, the University of Massachusetts Amherst topped The Princeton Review' Best Campus Food list, part of its 2023 edition of The Best 388 Colleges that ranks the top 25 universities and colleges in 50 different categories for 2023. The rankings are based on surveys of 160,000 students at the schools in the guide. The 2023 Best Campus Food Top 10 are...

1. University of Massachusetts-Amherst

2. Bowdoin College

3. Washington University in St. Louis

4. Cornell University

5. Pitzer College

6. Vanderbilt University

7. Skidmore College

8. Kansas State University

9. University of Richmond

10. University of Dayton

Read more: UMass Amherst ranked first again for Best Campus Dining

Hartford HealthCare in Connecticut will reimburse some live-in caregivers for meal credits dating back to 2016 after Connecticut Public’s Accountability Project reported that some home health aides were charged $17.50 a day for meals they never received. Independence at Home, which is owned by Hartford HealthCare, will return nearly $480,000 to 114 home caregivers.

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Read more: El Hartford HealthCare to reimburse home caregivers for meal charges

Burge Market Place at the University of Iowa is eliminating hot breakfast options while University Housing and Dining searches for chefs to cook for students this fall. In a campus wide email sent on Aug. 12 to students, University Housing and Dining announced the previous hot food options such as pancakes, waffles, eggs, potatoes, and bacon will no longer be available.

Read more: Burge eliminates hot breakfast, in need of chefs as classes begin

This fall, vegan chef Dustin Harder, host of vegan cooking series The Vegan Roadie, and nonprofit organization Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine (PCRM) are touring across the United States to promote its Universal Meals program, which offers vegan meal tips and training to schools, hospitals, and prisons. Designed to be free from the top nine allergens, the program includes recipes and instruction and is being offered at no cost to any institution.

Read more: New Doctor-led Vegan Meal program Brings Food Prep Training to Schools, Hospitals and Prisons

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This listing of the best restaurants in U.S. national parks has capsule profiles of the top six. They are the Superior Bathhouse Brewery at Arkansas Hot Springs National Park, Jordan Pond House at Acadia National Park in Maine, the Rim Restaurant at Volcano House in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, the Crater Lake Lodge Dining Room at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, the Ahwahnee Dining Room at Yosemite National Park in California and the El Tovar Dining Hall at Grand Canyon National Park I Arizona.

Read more: The 6 Best Restaurants Within National Parks

Bonus: Sneak preview: Aramark Student Nutrition’s new LTOs for the new school year

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