Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Brandeis students looking for a combination of tasty Thai food with large portions and inexpensive prices should make Baan Thai, located on the corner of Main and Moody streets, a regular outing into town. Although delivery is on-time, the flavor of the pad-thai is not quite the same as in the restaurant. For the real […]
My grandmother is one of those cooks who doesn’t need measurements. While she cooks, she tastes and smells the food and instinctively knows which sauce to add, which seasoning to sprinkle. She has a process that can’t be repeated because it’s never the same. This is both wonderful and frustrating. It makes her cooking an […]
Fall is upon us and everyone likes to settle in with some warm, homemade cookies. Now, there are the classic cookie recipes like chocolate chip or the fall-themed ginger snaps but every now and then you’re in the mood for something a little different and that’s where maple cookies come in. In a baking mood […]
If you enjoyed last week’s butternut squash recipe, here’s something you’ll love. (Actually, this column was supposed to be in last week’s paper to begin with … curse you, editors!) Anyway, here we go: Spaghetti squash is a yellow, rugby ball-shaped vegetable that can be prepared in much the same way as butternut squash can. […]
Last week, in the midst of classes, homework and, most irritatingly, midterms, I—along with every other Brandeis student—was bombarded via petition, flyer, e-mail and Facebook messages about the new initiative of the Brandeis Real Food Coalition to switch Brandeis Dining Services’ usage of factory-farm eggs to an exclusive usage cage-free eggs. Not surprisingly, I—along with […]
How do you like your eggs? Most of the eggs produced in this country come not from farms but from factories, and the hens that lay them live not like animals but like machine parts on an assembly line. Kept in cramped battery cages, these hens barely have enough room to stand, flap their wings […]
I feel as if I am never more than five minutes away from an election argument. It is all the rage these days–will the Democrats lose Congress, how will Obama react, is Christine O’Donnell a witch? These questions dominate the 24-hour news cycle like first-years at Sherman. You cannot escape them and all other news […]
Last Saturday, I filled out an absentee ballot and ultimately voted to send New York Democrats back to the House and Senate. I did so, however, without enthusiasm. The quality of the democrats’ leadership has been poor at best. Policies such as the stimulus bill and the bailouts of Detroit and Wall Street, while needed, […]
Call me biased; I am a loyal Vikings fan, but even so something seems wrong about the current allegations leveled against the Vikings’ starting quarterback. These allegations, which were only raised as Favre approached his first game of the season, exemplify the problem in sports where the accused is apparently guilty until proven innocent. The […]
During the past year, President Barack Obama’s approval ratings have dropped from their previous stratospheric heights to around 50 percent. While this is disappointing for the president, Congress would kill for an approval rating north of 30 percent. In fact, Americans are so disillusioned with the job that Congress is doing that nearly every poll […]
