Hannah Hausauer demystifies British high tea. Every nation has stereotypical culinary traditions. The French are known for their crepes and escargot, Japan for sushi and sake, while Boston serves up creamy clam chowder and lobster rolls. The British are no different. But since I can’t seem to muster enough courage to taste the infamous...
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Natalie Padilla discusses her experience at a roundtable with award-winning cheese marker Lisa Schwartz Getting up early is hard when there’s no hot breakfast. Despite this, last Wednesday, nearly eighty Harvard students RSVPed for an early morning meal sponsored by the Food Literacy Project.There wasn’t a scrambled egg or crisp strip of bacon in...
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Hannah Hausaur discovers Edinburgh’s farmers’ markets Editor’s note: Hannah is a Harvard senior spending a semester abroad in Scotland. As I rounded the cobblestone road, Edinburgh castle came into view, suspended on jagged, rocky cliffs, a majestic beacon for the capital city of Scotland. But I wasn’t here for a history tour on William Wallace or Robert Burns –...
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Is Robert Fitzsimmons ready to face head cheese in the name of love? “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.” – Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Talk about intimidating. When my girlfriend and I first started dating, she would occasionally make the references to the legendary eating habits of her...
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Hannah Hausauer spots foodie royalty in Scotland Gordon Ramsay, celeb chef extraordinaire, sauntered out, grinning from ear to ear. He was a cocky as ever a he whipped up cauliflower and sorrel soup, cod with crispy potatoes and mustard lentils, and finally, an apple, prune, and butterscotch compote. This wasn’t school – my foodie...
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HUDS isn’t so bad after all Masha Maystrovskaya discovers. The weather’s getting nippy. You’re barely done with class and the sun has disappeared. But it’s ok – there’s always that cold weather standby of a steaming bowl of soup to warm up the I-have-two-midterms dread. Thankfully, one thing HUDS gets right is their soups....
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Our wine master Cullen McAlpine knows where to find some good vino. A good bottle of wine is hard to come by, even in Harvard Square. Harvardians looking beyond Natty Ice high typically begin their quest for booze at Louie’s convenience store, the purveyor closest to my (most Noble House of) Dunster. My favorite...
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Ricardo Ramirez-Garcia-Rojas hosted an awesome sushi making class for Culinary Society members. You could have been eating this for dinner instead of yet another chickwich if you attended the Culinary Society’s last sushi workshop, taught by Ricardo. The Harvard Culinary Society welcomes all interested students to attend any and all events. Keep an eye...
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Banish that flab – Aylin Ermin gives us tips on how to eat healthy in the dining hall. Gone are the days when nutritional information graced the hoods of dining hall entrée platters. Now, gauging grams of protein, fat, and carbohydrates has become a mere guessing game (or you can whip out your laptop...
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