Diwali, Deepavali or Dipavali is the Hindu festival of lights, which is celebrated every autumn in the northern hemisphere. One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, Diwali symbolises the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance". Honor the celebration by trying some of great dishes with the taste […]

Roll into your weekend with vegetarian sushi, california rolls with salmon, spicy tuna rolls, california crab rolls, and edamame salad.

Another featured cooking technique as part of our "Cooking is an Art and a Science" is chiffonade that we use to create delicate ribbons of leafy vegetables or herbs with an easy-to-master knife skill. We stack the leaves, roll them into a cylinder, then slice thinly crosswise for an elegant, eye-catching garnish for pasta, salad, […]

Come join us in the Dining Center for a classic, american home-style dinner where you can give thanks to all that you have and celebrate the friendships you enjoy with your fellow classmates.

Free beverage with every meal at the Paramount Cafe if you show a ticket from a SCHOENBERG IN HOLLYWOOD performance. Composer Tod Machover and librettist Simon Robson’s Schoenberg in Hollywood – based on a scenario by Braham Murray – takes inspiration from the life of Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg after he fled Hitler’s Europe in […]

In another of our LOVE FOOD series, we will feature foods from Southeast Asia. The primary flavors of Filipino cuisine are sour, salty, and sweet. Some examples include: the use of peanuts in kare kare and the use of coconut milk in ginataan dishes which bear resemblance to Thai, Indonesian, and Indian foods. Filipino eating […]

Honor the day with a friend at the Backstage Café and a Buy One, Get One Promotion. Try one of Jim's Bagels from Gloucester, MA while you're there, too.

As the kickoff to Bon Appetit's series to help the Emerson community have a better understanding of 'where food comes from,' Horse Listeners Orchards' Matt Couzens will visit campus and share his experiences as a local farm producer. After a corporate career spanning 32 years, Matt wanted to try something different. He had no farming […]

There's no better way to celebrate a birthday than with a piece of cake! If you were born in December, be sure to stop by the Dining Center to get your slice of cake or to wish your fellow classmates a "Happy Birthday!"

One of our Farm to Fork partners, High Lawn Farm located in Lee, MA will be on hand to serve eggnog and provide samples of their hard ice cream. High Lawn Farm has been in continuous operation since before 1900. The proprietorship was assumed by Colonel H. G. Wilde and Mrs. Marjorie Field Wilde in […]

Deep, dark and delicious. Gochujang will haunt you (in the best possible way). The ruddy hue of this fermented Korean chili sauce immediately hints at immense depth: spicy, savory, sweet, and funky all at once. It will linger on your tongue with an intensity that's enough to send a tingle up your spine. Come by […]