Don’t be sad that Halloween is over. Whip up these spookily good treats to get back into the spirit! “Trick or treat, trick or treat, give me something good to eat!” Sung by countless choruses of costumed, sugar-rushed children, this familiar chant has long characterized the American Halloween spirit. As a kid brought up in […]
Want to get in on the pumpkin fun but can’t tolerate gluten and don’t want to participate in violence against animals? Whip up some of this bread.The long-awaited fall has arrived. The humidity and stickiness has passed and now we are in the season of falling leaves and cool weather. However, my favorite part of […]
How real is the food on your plate? Five students challenge you to find out.It’s true that students care deeply about food. We relish Swings and its seemingly endless bounty of spicy fries and cookie dough, we fight, in a literal hunger game, to attain one of those first-three-eat-free spots at S&C, and when in […]
Be the type of person who makes her own hummus.In the past week or so, I’ve discovered that there are two very different types of people: people who make their own hummus, and people who don’t. People who don’t make their own hummus fall into a number of subcategories: those who think hummus is rabbit […]
My friends and I invited a bunch of people over for dinner, bragging about the delicious meal we were going to make them, but slowly but surely, we had to cancel on each person as the three of us ate enough food for six people. I seriously do not believe in serving sizes, and I […]
Come Passover time, matzah is everywhere. As a rather lackadaisical and conditional Jew—who only ever keeps kosher at my family’s one or two Seder dinners—I personally find the unleavened, cracker-like bread delicious and nostalgic. If, however, you observe Pesach the way it’s meant to be observed, and are thus subjected to eight days of bread […]
Although food trucks are a fabulous resource for the University’s famished night owls, they are, of course, not the ideal solution for every collegiate hunger crisis. Campus, after all, is an environment of nonstop energy; come the weekend, many desire nothing more than sloth-like leisure. For these fatigued students, the prospect of trekking to Whey, […]
The Middletown food truck scene has long been characterized by decorum and unity. For years, Whey Station and Mamoun’s Falafel, the two mainstays of the University’s campus, along with a few wild cards, such as Southern soul food truck Kickin’ Chicken, have occupied different culinary niches. The wheel-bound eateries work together to cater to nearly […]
Put down that jar of Skippy and start experimenting with nut butter, with the help of this handy guide.Nuts and non-dairy butter are two of my favorite things. But when it comes to nut butter, my all-time favorite, there’s nothing to be ambivalent about: They’re all delicious. Here’s a rundown of the six best nut […]
Feeling glum? Meghan Nayyar ’16’s creamy eggplant dip will cheer you up.Coming back to school is always a bit of a downer for someone who loves to cook. Weshop is wildly expensive and shared kitchens aren’t ideal. When you love food, however, you sometimes have to get creative. At Wesleyan, my culinary improvisation involves raiding […]