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Friday, May 25, 2012


Lois Park


A few of Lois' favorite things

A-few-of-lois-favorite-things

It’s my fav-orite time of year.

I like how the air gets cold and crisp, and how I can see the train station through the bare-branched oaks from Parrish, how this is the season of chunky scarves and…

Green Cuisine

Green-cuisine

I am of the omnivorous persuasion. I like meat and adore fruits and veggies. When I walk into Sharples during ‘rush hour’ and the lines for the specialty bar wind all the way across the salad bar to w…

Quick Fixes...

Quick-fixes

…Not that anything is necessarily broken. But I will introduce simple ways to “kick things up a notch,” to borrow the famed phrase of celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse.

With exams, projects, papers,…

For your sweet tooth...

For-your-sweet-tooth

Sharples comes equipped with lots of tools to enhance our college dining experience. Most of them are overlooked and underused. Among the cooking machinery among us, tucked away in a corner next to th…

Beyond the pasta bar

Beyond-the-pasta-bar-never-eat-cereal-for-dinner-again

When you first come to Swarth-more, Sharples is exciting, at least assuming that your mom won’t cook you 20 different things to choose from at every meal. But something curious happens to a great numb…