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Mike Buzalka, Executive Features Editor

February 1, 2005

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Mark Dyball
Executive Chef
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles

"Soup is one of our best categories and our chicken tortilla soup (see recipe below) is one of the customers' favorites. When we serve it we go through 80 gallons. Other soup favorites that go quickly are a clam chowder and our Mexican beef and vegetable soup."

Joseph Kilmer, CEC
Dining Services Supervisor
Business Services Division
Corning, Inc.
Corning, NY

"We've been theming food from the South Beach Diet cookbook every Monday and some of the soups we've served have been quite well received. These are not served on a set cycle but rather we set the menu on a weekly basis, which allows us to respond better to customers. Some of the more successful soups have included a Creole Gumbo, a White Bean and Greens Soup and a chicken and Vegetable Chowder. Of course, the South Beach offerings have been especially successful in January, which is kind of national diet month.

About the Author

Mike Buzalka

Executive Features Editor, Food Management

Mike Buzalka is executive features editor for Food Management and contributing editor to Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News. On Food Management, Mike has lead responsibility for compiling the annual Top 50 Contract Management Companies as well as the K-12, College, Hospital and Senior Dining Power Players listings. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English Literature from John Carroll University. Before joining Food Management in 1998, he served as for eight years as assistant editor and then editor of Foodservice Distributor magazine. Mike’s personal interests range from local sports such as the Cleveland Indians and Browns to classic and modern literature, history and politics.

Mike Buzalka’s areas of expertise include operations, innovation and technology topics in onsite foodservice industry markets like K-12 Schools, Higher Education, Healthcare and Business & Industry.

Mike Buzalka’s experience:

Executive Features Editor, Food Management magazine (2010-present)

Contributing Editor, Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News (2016-present)

Associate Editor, Food Management magazine (1998-2010)

Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1997-1998)

Assistant Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1989-1997)

 

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