What We Feed Our Patients

Download or read book What We Feed Our Patients written by Jim McGrody and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-02-11 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you ever wonder how an entire hospital is fed all at once, or how the food actually gets to each patient? Have you ever wondered why hospital food has such a bad reputation? Have you ever heard of gourmet food served in a healthcare setting? What We Feed Our Patients offers a behind-the-scenes look at the world of hospital food. Chef Jim McGrody has worked the last twenty-seven years in the food service business. Now, his passion for good food has turned to the treatment of patient food. Follow his culinary journey and relive his struggles, failures, and accomplishments in the quest for better food for hospital patients. Learn about the preparation of food served to the patients in hospitals and nursing homesheres a humorous depiction of what really goes on in hospital kitchens! Youll learn how patients can get what they want to eat, rather than simply eating what they are given. McGrody offers insight into who to talk to if there is a problem with the food being served and provides tips on what to say and do in those instances. It is possible for hospital food to be not just nutritious, but also tasty and exciting. Jim McGrody shares how in What We Feed Our Patients.