Clean Plate Club Restaurant Group Leads Way In Illinois.Chicago Area Restaurant Group Becomes First To Voluntarily Ban Trans Fats EVANSTON, Ill. -- The Clean Plate Club Clean Plate Clubs were part of a campaign started by U.S. president Harry S. Truman that encouraged school children to pledge to eat everything on their plate at mealtimes, in order to conserve limited post-war resources. Restaurant Group located in the greater Chicago area and operators of Pete Miller's Seafood & Prime Steak, Davis Street Davis Street is the name of several streets:
The decision to eliminate trans fats goes beyond the proposed City of Chicago ordinance amendment requiring restaurants to limit trans fat content to 2 percent of total fat as well as a proposed New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ordinance. It also exceeds other restaurants that have banned trans fats in all but non dessert items. The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times reported in October of this year "that the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine has concluded that the optimal intake of trans fats is zero. As well, earlier this year, Dr. Walter Willett Dr. Walter Willett, MD, DrPH., (born in 1945 in Hart, Michigan[1]) is an American physician and nutrition researcher. Currently, Dr. Willett is the Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition in the Department of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Harvard , a leading nutrition researcher, and his colleagues at Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. estimated that if artificially produced trans fats were removed from the American diet, up to 228,000 heart attacks could be prevented each year." (a) The Clean Plate Club is also leading the way against many in the industry who claim that current supplies of alternative oils are too limited and costly and that restaurants would struggle to comply with any imposed restrictions. In fact, the restaurant group started its path to trans fat free more than 18 months ago. "We started with changing to trans fat free oil in our fryers and found no difference in taste or accessibility to purchase the oil," says Larry Huber, owner of the Clean Plate Club. "The only issue is the oil needs to be changed more frequently, which actually is a plus because the food comes out tasting better and fresher." After the group was comfortable with the new fry oil, Director of Purchasing for the Clean Plate Club, Sarah Andrews Sarah Andrews can refer to:
Executive Chef Eardley Firth of Pete Miller's believes that keeping a trans fat free menu is simply good business and welcomes the challenge, "As a chef, flavor is most important but I quickly realized that trans fat free really can mean better and fresher." With the rise in public awareness and potential government regulations on trans fats, the Clean Plate Club looks at the issue as an opportunity, not a restriction. Pete Miller's Seafood & Prime Steak is located at 1557 Sherman Avenue in Evanston and at 412 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Wheeling. Davis Street Fishmarket is located at 501 Davis Street in Evanston. Merle's #1 Barbecue is located at 1727 Benson Avenue in Evanston. (a) Source: NY Times, October 10, 2006 by Michael Mason. |
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