Today’s Newsday offers an image-packed collection of stories on the school lunch as it is served and paid for in Long Island, New York. Check out the image gallery, which includes Berkeley schools chef Ann Cooper’s dream school lunch pictures above (with recipes).

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Image: Grilled beef salad with tatsoi, brown rice and tofu salad, bok choy stir-fry, a pear and 1 percent milk would make an expensive yet ideal, healthy school lunch. (Newsday Photo / Bruce Gilbert)