Kitchen Cabinet

Author: heldke

  • Salad Greens Soon!

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    Joe, from the Minnesota Valley Action Council Food Hub delivered today. In food land, it’s still the end of the winter; his truck contained just eggs and onions. But Joe reports that “next week, or maybe the week after,” there will be greens. Wait for it!   Meanwhile, gardener Adam Ellefson reports that he’s seen…

  • Bye, bye carrots…but is that lettuce on the horizon?

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    This morning, the driver from Minnesota Valley Action Council bringing the day’s Food Hub delivery reported that “this is the last of the carrots in storage from last summer. We’re down to eggs, onions, potatoes…and a couple other root crops.” Yep, it’s winter in Minnesota. But don’t despair! He ALSO reported that it won’t be…

  • Kitchen Cabinet Conversation: Sustainability and Fair Trade Initiatives!

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    The second in a series of “Kitchen Cabinet Conversations” (or was that Confrontations, Lisa Heldke?) was hosted in the EYDR on October 14. This conversation focused on environmental sustainability and fair trade. Several organizations with links to the Kitchen Cabinet participated in our conversation, which featured fair trade chocolate and tea, a pedal powered battery…

  • Kitchen Cabinet Launches Kitchen Cabinet Conversations!

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    heldke

    This year, the Kitchen Cabinet is coming out of the cabinet (to coin a phrase), and appearing once a month in the Evelyn Young Dining Room at a table near the entrance. Each month, we’ll bring you a topic that’s near and dear to the hearts of KC members. Chances are good we’ll also bring…

  • November 2014 Kitchen Cabinet Minutes

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    Gustavus Kitchen Cabinet November 10, 2014   Lisa Heldke, Jim Dontje,  Sam Panzer,  Mark Hanson, Margo Druschell, George Elliott, Chuck Niederriter, Sammi Minick, Meghan Krause   Student Senate Meeting – Sam reported on the items that affect Dining Service. This marks the first year that there was not a pay rate change for students who…

  • Lists we like

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    Sometimes being the bottom of the pack is juuuuust where you wanna be. 2014-15 Meal Plan Costs at Comparison Colleges:  Hobart William Smith                        $5585.00 Stonehill                                 $5527.00 DePauw                                   $5300 Wooster                                  $5300.00 Susquehanna                           $5150.00 Allegheny College:                $4890.00 Muhlenberg                            $4760.00 Augustana – Ill.                      $4659.00 Gettysburg                              $4400.00 Luther College                        $3950.00 Illinois Wesleyan                    $3520.00 Gustavus                 $3290.00    2014-15 Meal Plan Costs…

  • Kitchen Cabinet Meeting Minutes October 13, 2014

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    Gustavus Kitchen Cabinet October 13, 2014   Lisa Heldke, Jim Dontje, Steve Kjgellren, Paul Matzke, Judy Douglas, Meghan Krause,  Saskia Raether, Katie Feterl (Greens) Mark Hanson, Margo Druschell, George Elliott, Chuck Niederriter   Greens Projects Toxic Tater March is a National event and the Greens are supporting this on campus. Katie explained the ideas behind…

  • The Sociopolitics of Keeping Kosher, Observing Halal

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    Two recent news items address the fact that our food choices carry tremendous social, cultural, religious and political weight–in case you hadn’t noticed. On NPR this week, a feature story chronicled the rise of Kosher keeping among millenials, including the emergence of boutique gefilte fish makers and Kosher banh mi sandwiches. A bleak story showed…

  • Yes, Rene Descartes, the mind IS connected to the body!

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    And this study shows another absolutely astonishing way in which the connection apparently works. A psychologist has shown that there is a significant correlation between what we believe we have eaten and how our metabolism responds. In an experiment, clinical psychologist Alia Crum found that people who believed they’d consumed a 650-calorie milkshake experienced a…

  • The World Food Clock

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    From a colleague in Food Studies and Anthropology: http://worldfoodclock.com/ How much food is being consumed around the world right now? It’s a vast question that can be answered by the World Food Clock. This interesting website draws on information provided by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and presents a streaming…