Things Chef Walter tells other people..... Too bad it is not happening at the Seattle Children's Hospital where Mary-Elizabeth is staying....

"Better food is great, but if patients don't feel better about eating it, it's a bust," says Walter Bronowitz, executive chef at Seattle Children's Hospital. "Seeing a child who is battling nausea actually look forward to a meal and be able to eat it is a wonderful thing. The main goal for us is making our kids and their families happier." 

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A class at The Culinary Institute of America highlights a trend among many hospitals to improve the quality of meals, aiming to make healthy and nutritious food that tastes better and helps patients heal. Health care systems that compete for patients are taking notice of consumers' increased interest in healthy, organic and local foods. At Seattle Children's Hospital, executive chef Walter Bronowitz recently dumped white bread and pasta in favor of whole wheat and introduced an Asian noodle and veggie stir-fry. The Sun Herald (Biloxi-Gulfport, Miss.)/The Associated Press (3/10)