Maintaining a healthy relationship with food in college can feel like an uphill battle. Estranged from eating routines and support structures from back home, students are left to go into the panopticon that is the college dining hall and the freedom of unlimited food options becomes a source of anxiety. Sarah Russo PO ’28 explores how the transition to college dining can complicate our relationship with food, especially for those with a history of disordered eating.
Tag: Dining Halls
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Food columnist Isaac Warshaw PO ’25 searched the 5C’s for the best sweet treats.
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TSL talks with a chef about working through the pandemic and how dining workers’ relationships with the college have changed in recent years.
Chew on this: 3 easy tips to up your college cooking game
Food columnist Stephanie Du SC ’21 gives tips to level up in the kitchen, no matter how limited your culinary skills or supplies. “Like any skill, it takes time and practice to improve your cooking. If something doesn’t work on your first try, that’s normal,” she writes.
OPINION: Forget the dining halls. It’s thyme to cook for yourself
The Claremont Colleges need to allow their students the option of cooking for themselves as a way to save money and learn life skills.
Conversations to ‘Drop Sodexo’ continue as contract with Scripps ends in 2020
Scripps College is continuing to look at dining hall service providers to potentially replace Sodexo, as students pressure the administration to move away from the private prison operator.
Smoothies, kombucha, truffle salt, oh my! Dining halls dazzle with trendy food items
From veggie-forward options to frozen favorites like Dole Whip, dining hall staff have stepped up their game since the start of the 2019-2020 school year, delighting returners across the 5Cs.