Posts in Food & Dining

This is part two in a series of three guest posts written by Amelia Germain. Amelia was a classmate of ours at Michigan State University and a fellow Spartan Marching Band member. She is currently a senior at MSU and has visited New York City several... [+]

At the suggestion of Angela, we decided to try our hand a making a traditional Japanese lunch. Onigiri = rice balls with filling and some nori to hold it all together. There are all sorts of traditional fillings such as bonito shavings (dry fish flakes).... [+]

Water. It’s good for you and you should probably be drinking more of it. Oh, and it’s pretty much free. I’ve been getting better at this lately, but it’s been a long journey. I grew up thinking that all tap water tastes weird. The house... [+]

I came across this on allrecipes.com and apparently this is the second version of the “Spaghetti Carbonara.” I wonder what makes it better than the first? This recipe uses bacon (sweet, sweet bacon…cue Homer Simpson noise). Kristen doesn’t normally eat bacon, but I’m going to... [+]

I will be the first to admit that I am a fan of Starbucks. I don’t like coffee, but there is nothing better than a grande green tea or chai tea latte to help get you through a long roadtrip. However, since I have to... [+]

My biggest thing with dinner is that it has to be good. The second thing is that it must produce enough leftovers for lunch the next day. That’s the way we have figured out how to save money by not buying lunch every day, even though... [+]