This week I want to talk about food. Not the agrarian crisis or the business of food or anything like that, but how I have been involved in different conversations around food over the last fortnight or so.
As I mentioned in my previous post, I am trying to organize a formal dinner at my college (Green Templeton) for some visiting Chevening scholars. So thats the first thread.
The second thread is for Enterprise Africa, a conference due to be held on 12th May'12 in Oxford. I am volunteering for the event and one question that came up during one of the meetings was if we could offer authentic African food to our visiting dignitaries. The problem was that people- including the Africans in the group- had a tough time describing what 'African food' really means. Well, I didn't find answer to that question but hey, something to keep an eye out for next time ;) (More info about the event at: http://www.oxfordafricanetwork.org/)
Lastly, the Peer Supporters in SBS have piloted a program called 'Who's coming to dinner?' The idea is for students to nominate themselves, after which they'll be organized in groups of 6-7 people. These people then organize a pot luck dinner at the residence of one of the participants, a college common room, etc The idea is to bring students and their families together in a smaller group in a more intimate setting. We piloted this only in the last term and got rave reviews. Turns out people like to socialize and eat! :) For my group, we took the lazy way out and requested our Mexican host to cook some authentic Mexican food for us and we all chipped in some money for the supplies. The food was awesome and I am tempted to not re-invent the wheel this time around too ;)
Bon appetit !
As I mentioned in my previous post, I am trying to organize a formal dinner at my college (Green Templeton) for some visiting Chevening scholars. So thats the first thread.
The second thread is for Enterprise Africa, a conference due to be held on 12th May'12 in Oxford. I am volunteering for the event and one question that came up during one of the meetings was if we could offer authentic African food to our visiting dignitaries. The problem was that people- including the Africans in the group- had a tough time describing what 'African food' really means. Well, I didn't find answer to that question but hey, something to keep an eye out for next time ;) (More info about the event at: http://www.oxfordafricanetwork.org/)
Lastly, the Peer Supporters in SBS have piloted a program called 'Who's coming to dinner?' The idea is for students to nominate themselves, after which they'll be organized in groups of 6-7 people. These people then organize a pot luck dinner at the residence of one of the participants, a college common room, etc The idea is to bring students and their families together in a smaller group in a more intimate setting. We piloted this only in the last term and got rave reviews. Turns out people like to socialize and eat! :) For my group, we took the lazy way out and requested our Mexican host to cook some authentic Mexican food for us and we all chipped in some money for the supplies. The food was awesome and I am tempted to not re-invent the wheel this time around too ;)
Bon appetit !
