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Edge: The Culinary Lighthouse: Guiding Healthcare Dining in the Real Food E... Edge: The Culinary Lighthouse: Guiding Healthcare Dining in the Real Food Era

Jul 28, 2026
In 2026, healthcare dining is no longer a background function tucked behind clinical operations. It has become one of the mos...
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Edge Express: Empowering Foodservice Teams to Master Therapeutic Diets for... Edge Express: Empowering Foodservice Teams to Master Therapeutic Diets for Better Client Care

Jun 9, 2026
Therapeutic diets are not paperwork. They are someone’s recovery, comfort, and dignity, plated and delivered three times a...
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Edge: AI, Apps, and Automation: Preparing the CDM, CFPP for the Digital Fut... Edge: AI, Apps, and Automation: Preparing the CDM, CFPP for the Digital Future of Food Service

May 13, 2026
My personal and professional relationship with artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved rapidly; from using a conversational...
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Edge Express: Food Allergens as a Safety Hazard

Apr 13, 2026
Food allergies are becoming more common and continue to rise every year. They are more than dietary preferences or sensitivit...
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Edge: Culture is Ethics in Action: What You Allow is What You Teach

Mar 19, 2026
In food service, culture isn’t created by mission statements on the wall or values printed in an employee handbook. It’s...
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Edge: Cultivating a Learning Culture in Your Kitchen

Feb 27, 2026
Cultivating a learning culture is one of the best ways to develop a stellar team and improve client outcomes. No kitchen is t...
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Edge Express: The Importance of Standardized Recipes

Feb 19, 2026
Many other reasons and best practices are out there to put standardized recipes into use in our operations. However, these ar...
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Edge: Turning Conflict Into Collaboration in Food Service: Creating an Atmo... Edge: Turning Conflict Into Collaboration in Food Service: Creating an Atmosphere for Resolution

Feb 12, 2026
Conflict is inevitable in food service, but how teams respond determines whether it becomes destructive or transformational...
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Edge: Whole-Person Development: Nurturing the Mind, Heart, and Skills of Yo... Edge: Whole-Person Development: Nurturing the Mind, Heart, and Skills of Your Team

Feb 4, 2026
I genuinely believe that no matter how many checklists we create or systems we implement, people cannot simply be programmed...
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Edge Express: Hidden Hunger in the Elderly: A Focus on Micronutrients

Dec 15, 2025
Many specific micronutrients are commonly deficient in the elderly. Food-based strategies can improve intakes, and working to...
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Edge: Supporting Mental Wellness: Combating Stress and Burnout

Nov 18, 2025
This article offers practical, evidence-based strategies to help CDM, CFPPs recognize signs of stress and burnout, take proac...
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Edge Express: Micromanaging vs. Undercommunicating: Striking the Right Bala... Edge Express: Micromanaging vs. Undercommunicating: Striking the Right Balance for Your Team

Aug 13, 2025
Most of us don’t want to be micromanagers – but when someone forgets to fill out the temperature logs yet again,...
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Edge: Building a Better Customer Experience Through Employee Engagement

Jul 22, 2025
When your staff is empowered and feels part of the change, they become champions of the CX and this ultimately leads to happi...
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Career Reflections: Michael Kopec, CDM, CFPP

Jul 1, 2025
This Career Reflections features Michael Kopec, CDM, CFPP. Michael has been a member of ANFP and a CDM, CFPP since 2001. In t...
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Edge Express: Crafting Meals with Culture & History

Jun 11, 2025
CDM, CFPPs act as the “voice of the plate,” ensuring meals are not only safe and nutritious but emotionally signi...
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Edge: The Role of Cleaning in Food Safety

Apr 9, 2025
Exposure to harmful microorganisms such as bacteria, spores, fungi, and viruses can contaminate the food products that you wo...
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Edge Express: New Year, New Outlook

Feb 19, 2025
Let’s look at some simple but effective strategies to prepare more nutritionally-sound and flavorful foods now and goin...
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Edge: Training and Retaining: Providing a Developmental Infrastructure

Jan 27, 2025
The food and beverage industry is known for its high employee turnover rate. In fact, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics con...
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Edge: Helping Your Team Navigate Change

Jan 20, 2025
As a CDM, CFPP, it’s your responsibility to support your team and help them navigate through these transitions....
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Edge Express: Level Up Your Holiday Dishes

Dec 20, 2024
With just a little more imagination and a different perspective, we can breathe new life into these menu items and lift them...
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Edge: Transparency in the Food Industry

Nov 18, 2024
ETHICS IN THE FOODSERVICE INDUSTRY can include many different topics, such as: Consumer Well-Being, Environmental Sustainabil...
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Edge Express: Creative Culinary Strategies for Managing Food Allergies

Nov 5, 2024
Foodservice managers must employ creative culinary strategies to ensure safe meals in any setting. Let’s look at two ap...
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Edge Express: It's a Gut Feeling - An Overview of Gut Health

Aug 26, 2024
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY THE GUT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HEALTH? The trillions of microorganisms that live there play interactiv...
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Edge: Successful Leaders Never Stop Learning

Aug 15, 2024
LEADERS SHOULD NEVER BE CONTENT with where they are right now. They should want to grow and possess an intrinsic desire to ge...

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