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food
Seeking awareness: GlobeMed’s annual benefit dinner
Speakers at GlobeMed’s eighth annual Benefit Dinner last Friday brought attention to how the average college student can create change through awareness. “[Students need to] see they have a role,” senior and GlobeMed co-president Payal Morari said. She hopes that through events like these, students will be brought together to “change the world.” The UR […]
food
Spring 2019 dining update
“Our plan right now is to continue to get better at the things we are [currently] working on, and to really spend our time on food quality,” Schauf said. Read More
Danforth
Dealing with cultural food in the dining halls
Checking dining hall menus is a daily ritual for me. As a first-year restricted to eating food on campus, I try hard to get the best of what’s available. But the international dishes that UR dining services provide are not only inauthentic, but offensive. I remember how giddily I marched to Dougie after seeing shrimp […]
eating
Is organic food really that great?
The organic food industry is on the rise and claims to have both environmental and animal benefits. However, new data and statistics disagree. What does organic exactly mean? An “organic” label means that 95 percent of the ingredients are organic, while the label “made with organic ingredients” applies to products with at least 70 percent […]
Dining
Dining vendors share new tastes
Resealable Mountain Dew cans and cauliflower crust pizza are just a few of the incoming innovations UR students had the opportunity to test out this past Wednesday at the Dining Vendor Fair. A collaboration between Dining Services and Wilson Commons Student Activities (WCSA), the fair, held in Hirst Lounge, kicked off the “Welcome Back” programming […]
CT Eats
CT Eats: Pita’s got a piece of my heart
If the Campus Times were some sort of pagan college newspaper society, I would definitely be thanking the CT Eats gods right now for blessing me with such great experiences of Mediterranean meals. Read More
CT Eats
CT Eats: Founders Cafe nice but not impressive
While there is a gorgeous, bright mural on one of the walls, the overall atmosphere and décor did not lend themselves to that really comfortable vibe I was searching for. The food also seemed to follow this theme of “nice, but not too impressive.” Read More
CT Eats
CT Eats: Yummy Garden Part I
Yummy Garden’s main Chinese menu was so extensive that having the separate create-your-own-hot-pot menu on top of that was just too overwhelming for two 5-foot-very-few-inches gals in the big city. Read More
CT Eats
CT Eats: SEA Restaurant makes waves with good Vietnamese food
The egg rolls, reminded me more of spring rolls: smaller, with a thinner and crispier exterior. I love when you can tell that something is fresh, piping hot, and directly out of the fryer, and this was definitely one of those cases. Read More
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CT Eats: John’s Tex Mex falls short
After a couple bites, the freshness of both the plain, cold fish and the sauce along with the also cold and fresh tomato and lettuce became a bit too plain. Everything was just a bit cold, soft, and bland when combined. Read More