January 2013 ~ Food For Thought

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Cooking 101 Recap: Week I

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 | 2:37 PM Posted by Northeastern Dining christine clark, cooking 101, dining services, healthy eating, northeastern, tom barton, xhibition kitchen No comments

Hi everyone! Campus Executive Chef Tom Barton here. Last night we had the first session of our nine week Cooking 101 class -- and we had a blast! Our ten lucky students joined Northeastern Dining's Nutritionist Christine Clark, Quality Assurance Manager Chris Jennings, and myself for a lot of great interactive discussions.

The Gluten Free Diet: Celiac or Not?

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 | 12:09 PM Posted by Northeastern Dining christine clark, dining services, gluten free, healthy eating, northeastern, nutritionist 2 comments

Currently, there is a ton of information being spread about gluten-free diets. Are they healthier? What is celiac disease? Should I remove gluten from my diet? These are questions I often get.

Behind the Scenes of H3's New 2013 Menu

Thursday, January 3, 2013 | 2:45 PM Posted by Northeastern Dining 2013, aaron nessel, dining services, H3, northeastern No comments

As I write this post, I am getting ready to send the truck back out on campus to roll out our winter offerings. In my last post on the history of food trucks, I said that in this post I would discuss the future of food trucks. However, there are more timely things to discuss and I would like to instead use this post to provide a peek into the exciting world of menu creation and what kind of factors we take into consideration throughout the menu planning process for the Hungry Hungry Husky.