Sushi Friday

Fridays mean something new and great in our dining hall this year:

SUSHI.

This summer, Randolph’s dining services staff took a course in sushi preparation and designated every Friday as Sushi Friday. Each week, chefs serve up one or two variations of sushi, along with noodles and soy sauce.

Gage Stuntz ’13 was one of the students happy to hear about the new option in Cheatham Dining Hall. “When I first heard of Sushi Fridays I was very excited,” he said. “I love sushi and I thought it would be nice to have it on campus.”

Stuntz said Randolph's sushi tatests better every week as the chefs perfect the recipe. “It definitely makes the selection in the dining hall more diverse, which is great,” he said.

Sushi Fridays will continue weekly through the end of the Fall 2012 semester. In the spring, sushi will be served every other Friday.

Randolph chef and professor provide tips on making a local Thanksgiving Dinner

A couple of days ago we told you about Dave Wasson, executive chef for Randolph College's dining services, and John Abell, an economics professor, filming a news segment about buying local and eating locally-grown foods.

Here, you can watch Wasson and Abell in action. They talk about using local foods and how you can make Thanksgiving dinner using local ingredients.

You can read Wasson's recipes on WSET's website.

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Randolph chef, economics professor film news segment on local foods

Randolph College Executive Chef Dave Wasson will make his TV premiere Thursday, November 16 at 5 p.m. on www.wset.com in Lynchburg.

Wasson recently filmed a cooking segment with Lauren Compton, a WSET reporter. The story will explore the locavore movement and why people should be concerned about where their food comes from. John Abell, a Randolph economics professor, will also be featured in the story offering expert commentary on the movement and the pros and cons associated with buying your food from mostly local sources.

Wasson, who works for Aramark Dining Services, the company contracted by Randolph College, spent time with Compton showing her several tasty, yet easy recipes for food using mostly local ingredients.

Watch WSET on Thursday to see what dishes they chose and the outcome! You might even get a recipe or two!