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Voices & Opinion

POV: Are All Ultra-Processed Foods Unhealthy?

March 22, 2024

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Things-to-do

The Weekender: March 7 to 10

March 5, 2024

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Everything Guide

Your Everything Guide to Coffee

March 1, 2024

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Health & Medicine

These Drugs Are Changing the Fight against Obesity

January 19, 2024

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Recipe Series

Chewy Chocolate Cherry Cookies

December 19, 2023

Photo: Zachary Fuller (center) shares his final project with class members and the broader Gastronomy Program at BU. A white man wearing glasses, a pink shirt, and blue cardigan listens as someone seated at a long table asks him a question. Five other people also sit at the table as various clear cups filled with various beverages are lined up in front of them.

Academics

New Gastronomy Course Explores the Political, Historical Ingredients in Latinx Food in the US

December 18, 2023

Photo: A plate of hanukkah jelly donuts (sufganiyot) covered with a peanut butter spread

Recipe Series

Peanut Butter & Jelly Sufganiyot (Hanukkah Donuts)

December 4, 2023

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Recipe Series

Ginger Apple Cranberry Sauce

November 20, 2023

Photo: Adeena Sussman, a white woman with curly brown-blonde hair and wearing a light blue collared shirt and black apron, smiles as she poses for a photo. Her hands work on some pastry dough on the counter in front of her as she smiles in a bright kitchen.

food

Adeena Sussman Releases new Jewish Cookbook, Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals from My Table to Yours

November 16, 2023

Photo: Exterior shot of the Halal Shack in BU's student union. A food court restaurant with a bright interior and large yellow sign that reads "The halal shack" in black letters is shown. Blurred students are shown walking by in the foreground as workers make bowls behind the counter.

Food & Dining

BU Today Interns Dish on New GSU Eatery Halal Shack

November 3, 2023

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Watch Now

My Own Boston: Hermela Haile (Questrom ‘25)

November 2, 2023

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Food

Yum! Today Is National Sandwich Day

November 2, 2023

Photo: A large glass dish filled with a light orange pumpkin mousse. The top of the dessert is sprinkled with small, brown gingersnap cookie chunks. Dessert is displayed on a white table in front of window. Scene outside is a fall scene of leaves changing color.

Food

No-Bake Pumpkin Mousse Dessert

October 30, 2023

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Things-to-do

Where to Eat for Friends & Family Weekend

October 13, 2023

Photo: A platter of three steak and jalapeno tacos with limes on the side

Things-To-Do

Celebrate National Taco Day Today

October 4, 2023

Photo: Sharlene Chang (SHA’24) and Irene Kim (COM’23), two young Asian women sipping boba teas, smile and pose resting together. They sit in front of a backdrop of large boba tea recreations made out of cardboard and puff balls.

Watch Now

Video: Boba Showdown, Round Two

September 22, 2023

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Student Life

Lobster Night, One of BU Dining’s Most Popular Events, Is Tonight

September 21, 2023

Photo: A bright image of a crusted quiche, with various amounts of vegetables like mushrooms, tomatoes, eggplant, and more. The round quiche sits on a bright, white table.

RECIPE SERIES

Easy Vegetable Quiche

September 18, 2023

Photo: A large cooling rack filled with scones that appear to have nuts and dried fruit in them

Recipe Series

Spiced Carrot Cake Scones

September 5, 2023

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Alumni

Nashville Hot Chicken Comes to Cambridge, Mass.

August 4, 2023

Nashville Hot Chicken Comes to Cambridge, Mass.