Food What

Food What Before I get to an actual point in my next post, let me say this: I just cooked large amounts of angel hair pasta with ground beef in black bean and garlic sauce. It is amazing. It will last me a week, because I lack the ability to cook food in small amounts and nearly all of my friends are vegetarians. Now check this out: six months ago, I couldnt cook to save my life. I was dead set on living in a dorm with a dining hall solely because I was really just that bad in the kitchen. Well, I was extremely talented at setting things afire, but that doesnt count. (No, not everything can be considered food by adding the term flambé to the end of it. But its black beans and rice flambé, Mom! didnt work. Surprised? I was.) Im not quite sure what happened between now and May, but suddenly I can cook things that are actually edible! Who needs a dining hall when I can go to my floor kitchen or, better yet, when I can call Sicilias and order pizza? (What?! Its the staple of the college student, save for ramen.) Speaking of dining halls at MIT, Baker, McCormick, Simmons, and Next all have them, and Pritchett Dining is right next to East Campus and down the street from Senior House. There are talks about putting Macgregors dining hall back into operation every week since the start of October, trial runs have been occurring in the dorm to see whether or not the plan should go forward. You dont have to live in one of these residence halls in order to eat there (which is good, because their desserts are pretty great), but if you do live in any of them, youre automatically enrolled in MITs Preferred Dining Program you pay a set price ($275 this semester) at the start of the term, entitling you to half-price on anything bought at any dining hall. Translation: a full meal will set you back about $5. You do, however, have to eat at the dining halls pretty often (about 50-60 meals/term should do it) in order to break even or benefit from Preferred Dining. So. Yes. Food. Good. Now go look at my next post, where I give you too much information about too many summer programs!