Fifth-graders in Santa Monica were eager to try different kinds of produce from a local farmers market. Participants call the program a success, and funding continues to expand. Nagging by parents, teachers, doctors and just about every other grown-up hasn't rid school campuses of junk food. But even fifth-graders agree a new federal program just might help.

A conversation with Marcella Hazan, the woman who transformed American kitchens with true Italian cooking.

Wine Pick: 2006 Quattro Mani, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo $10