{"id":4635,"date":"2019-09-20T21:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T21:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bracketyackrc.wpengine.com\/?p=4635"},"modified":"2019-09-20T21:00:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T21:00:59","slug":"creating-commons-chef-matt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=4635","title":{"rendered":"Creating Commons: Chef Matt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Carey Linkous<\/em><\/p>\n

Carey Linkous<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is something you would like students to know coming into this semester?\u201d That\u2019s the question I asked Chef Matt when I interviewed him at the beginning of this semester. He shed some light on three different ways that we, as students, can be more self-aware in our dining experience in Commons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

RC is our home\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Chef Matt is focused on creating an enjoyable dining experience for all students. \u201cI just work here. I always remember that this is where you all live, so I want you to feel like it\u2019s home.\u201d He made it clear that he wants a \u201cstudent on the meal plan\u201d dining experience, meaning that we as the students have the largest influence in what is being served on campus.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI want you guys to tell me what you want…if there are new items, I certainly can\u2019t always say yes, but I try to never say no,\u201d he says. If you\u2019ve got an item you would like to see on the Commons menu, don\u2019t hesitate to tell the dining staff!<\/span><\/p>\n

Educating Our Pallets<\/b><\/p>\n

How often do you think about what you\u2019re eating? Chef Matt made it clear that too often many of us on campus don\u2019t consider what we eat.\u00a0 \u201cI want to make students think. I want to educate their pallets. I want them to think about what they\u2019re eating and I want them to think about what they\u2019re wasting,\u201d said Chef Matt. He is very aware of the food waste epidemic occurring across the country\u2019s college campuses.. Food Recovery Network states that 22 million pounds of food is wasted every year on college campuses, and 40% of that food ends up rotting in landfills. To decrease the waste on our campus, Chef Matt encourages getting smaller portions. \u201cYou can always get more,\u201d he says. He also encourages us as students to ask for samples of the food from the dining staff. They will be more than happy to give a small taste!<\/span><\/p>\n

Be Creative<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t be a pizza\/pasta kid!\u201d Chef Matt was very clear that he wanted to give students the opportunity to try different types of food. He said, \u201cLearn how to manipulate Commons in a way that works for you. Expand your pallet. Learn to try new things.\u201d Having a \u201cgo-to\u201d meal in Commons is never a bad idea but branching out and trying new things can improve your dining experience as a student here on campus.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are lucky at RC to have such an understanding and amazing dining staff. Chef Matt made it clear to me that he wants the RC dining plan to be geared towards the students because this is our home. Use this week to be aware and mindful in Commons!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Carey Linkous Carey Linkous \u201cWhat is something you would like students to know coming into this semester?\u201d That\u2019s the question I asked Chef Matt when I interviewed him at the beginning of this semester. He shed some light on three different ways that we, as students, can be more self-aware in our dining…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}