USA Today (10/6, Hellmich) profiles Sarah Wu, a speech pathologist at an elementary school in Chicago, who in 2012 "teacher decided to eat school lunch every day for a year and write about it anonymously as Mrs. Q. on her blog, Fed Up With Lunch. She secretly photographed the meals, ate them and then described the taste and texture of heavily processed chicken nuggets, an unusual peanut butter and jelly sandwich that made her sick, mystery meats and reheated vegetables." Wu is now revealing her identity, and is releasing a book based on her blog.
The Chicago Tribune (10/6, Eng) reports Wu may have been able to maintain her anonymity in part because she "does not look like a troublemaker," and notes that her blog "became a minor sensation, but its writer fiercely guarded her anonymity, fearing termination from the Chicago Public Schools, where she was employed." Wu's research "found that many versions of chicken nuggets are half chicken and half fillers, and that school pizza can have up to 64 ingredients." A Chicago Tribune (10/6, Eng) sidebar presents a number of Wu's observations on time allotted for lunch, processed foods, nutrition information, and salad bars.
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