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Teens in Maryland are the latest to try to conjure up more edible cafeteria fare. Officials hope that peer-produced food will make a menu that's healthful seem more palatable. Sample dishes include everything from fruit smoothies to teriyaki chicken. Read all about it in the Baltimore Sun.

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Tampa Bay teens crazy for cooking are tackling everything from ratatouille to fresh pizza dough in cooking schools, public schools and after-school camps. Read about their adventures around the chopping block in the St. Petersburg Times.

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Maegan Carlson, left, and Kate Cherven prepare lunch at Kate’s home in Largo, Florida. Kate is president of the school Cooking Club, and Maegan is her heir apparent.

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Teens looking to start a cooking school featuring healthful and organic fare captured first place in a Belmont University business plan competition. Plans for "The Chef's Hat," the proposed school, grew out of a day-long economics and entrepreneurship seminar in Franklin, Tennessee. Read the whole story in The Tennesseean.

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Organic salmon, sea kale and foraged mushrooms headlined the menu for chef Jamie Oliver's three-course dinner for world leaders attending the G20 economic summit in London yesterday. Helping Oliver prepare the meal were former homeless and drug addicted teens, now apprenticing with Oliver to become chefs. Read the whole story in The Globe and Mail.

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Chicago teen chefs are whipping up and serving a batch of sexy school food in Washington, D.C., today in the hopes of convincing legislators to hike the federal allocation for school lunch. On the menu, carrot quesadillas, chicken-stuffed peppers and more. Read all about it in the Washington Post.

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