TSL talks with a chef about working through the pandemic and how dining workers’ relationships with the college have changed in recent years.
Tag: Dining Halls
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.
Trouble on the turf: Long lines at annual dinner frustrate students
Scripps College hosted the Claremont Colleges’ annual “Turf Dinner” club fair Tuesday. Students were frustrated by the long line generated by a new layout for the event.
McConnell seeks to reinforce high ratings in response to food safety issues
While Los Angeles County safety inspections continue to grant top marks to 5C dining halls, reports of potentially unsafe food items at Pitzer College’s McConnell Dining Hall have led the school to double down on its existing procedures to ensure they’re serving high-quality products. TSL received two reports of mold
5C dining halls respond to romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak
Dining halls at the Claremont Colleges acted promptly in removing romaine lettuce during the recent E. coli outbreak earlier this October. Forty-three people have fallen ill from the Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157 linked to romaine lettuce from the Central Coastal growing regions in northern and central California, according to
Pomona frequently cancels snack, concerns students
Eric Gofen PO ’19 has never missed a snack. Every Sunday through Wednesday between snack’s designated hours of 10-11 p.m., Gofen can be found munching on classics like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches or nachos at Pomona College’s Frary Dining Hall. More than a regular, Gofen’s consistent attendance has reigned
Giving reviews: Thanksgiving meals at each 5C dining hall
One of the perks of having access to six dining halls is that it is physically possible to have six separate Thanksgiving meals in the span of a week. This November, we pushed our body to the limit as we ate each of the Thanksgiving meals offered at 5C dining