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At a time when restaurants and canteens were limited, carrying meals from home mattered deeply in a city where food was tied to culture, religion and family routine.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

At the height of the Cold War, Moscow operated an airport on Svalbard and three mining towns complete with state-of-the-art health facilities and 24-hour canteens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

From school and university canteens to football stadiums and theatres, venison is muscling in on beef as UK chefs hunt for greener options.

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

“The main thing is just not to starve to death,” one video blogger advised in a post detailing how she subsisted on snack samples and free meals from temples and student canteens.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

Mrs. Sidman walked in front of me, picking up sweatshirts and canteens that hadn’t been tied to the packs very well, and handing them to Danny and Meryl Lee when her arms got too full.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt