Students enjoyed a variety of dishes originating from Black American culture at Northwestern Dining’s Black History Month Celebratory Dinner Wednesday evening in Sargent Dining Hall. Recipes including hickory smoked pork shoulder, high mesa peach and blackberry cobbler, rice with pigeon peas, and ginger and brown sugar candied sweet potatoes were served in all NU dining.
Waking up at sunrise and then having 9 a.m. classes might be most college students’ nightmare — but for some students, getting up early is the perfect way to start their day. However, University building hours can often make it challenging for students who wake up early. The earliest any campus dining hall opens on.
When Weinberg junior Kydie Al Moutaa first started eating in Northwestern’s dining halls, she said she felt confused and overwhelmed by the dining options on campus. Used to eating meals cooked by her mother at home, Al Moutaa reached out to Madeline McDonough — NU’s campus dietitian — her sophomore year. “I needed somebody to.
Cedric Taylor believes cooking and teaching have a lot in common. “No two chefs cook a recipe the same,” Taylor said. “No two students learn the same way, either.” The 51-year-old Chicago native would know. Taylor worked in Chicago Public Schools kitchens for about 11 years and then moved to a South Chicago Ford factory.
Communication sophomore Rama Darayyad, who is Palestinian, walked into Allison dining hall for dinner Thursday and was unexpectedly reminded of home. Northwestern Dining hosted an Arab American Heritage Celebration Thursday night. The event featured popular Arab dishes in all the dining halls, desserts by Al Sham Sweets and a dance performance by Al Salam Dabke.