coffee
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Fika Fridays: Coffee Shop & Library Hours
So it’s not quite Friday and it’s not quite a Fika*, but for the last Culinary post of the semester (check back for a resumed schedule June 1), I’m here to fill you in on local library times and coffee shops so that way you can be super effective during this finals season. Try out [...]
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Fika Fridays: Comedy, scrumptiousness, de Wafels!
Not sure what a fika is? Click here to find out. For the student on the go, food trucks are quite possibly one of the most beautiful things to ever grace the city’s streets. Food trucks can vary in size and food offering, but each attracts its supplicants with rich smells, loud music, and colorful side [...]
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Treat Yourself
As midterms loom and assignments begin to pile up, I urge you to take just ten minutes of uninterrupted, guilt-free pause. Set aside these brief moments of you time, give your mind the chance to reflect on all you have read and absorbed, and savor something tasty, nourishing, and warm. Work this break into your [...]
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Midnight Munchies: Espresso Mousse Brownies
As both an avid baker and snacker, I had some trouble deciding what to bake for the inaugural column of Midnight Munchies. Did I want to start on a healthful or an indulgent note? How inventive/elaborate should I be? How could I encapsulate myself in a recipe? After this (slightly melodramatic) train of thought, I [...]
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Photography, Restaurant Reviews
Fika Fridays: Cupcakes in the Snow
Not sure what a fika is? Click here to find out. This past Sunday, my roommate Allison led some friends and I down to Chinatown for the Chinese New Year’s festival (it’s the Year of the Snake now, in case you want to be culture savvy). Allison and our friend Josh impressively climbed to the [...]
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Foodie Finds, Restaurant Reviews
Fika Fridays: Kuro Kuma in Harlem
One of my favorite walks around campus is walking north on Broadway past the Union Theological Seminary and the Manhattan School of Music. Not only does it provide picturesque reminders of local academia, but also views of the 1 train dipping past the horizon as buildings rise and fall like mountains. In the spring, trees [...]
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Fika Fridays: Beignets in the Valley
Amanda return for her second Fika Friday by taking an afternoon fika at a French bakery near to campus. Go get your own coffee and sweet treat, take a break, relax, read this post, and fika it up. After all, it is Friday. Not sure what a fika is? Click here. Welcome to midterms week [...]
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Here’s looking at you, kid
Anyone who knows me well can say with authority that I love cheese, pasta, and cheeseburgers. However, anyone who knows me at all can tell you that I am in love with coffee. I know that I haven’t written any posts since my John Jay tips during the midst of finals. It was hectic then, [...]
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Weekend Getaways: Planning Ahead
Thanks to a member tip, the Culinary Society was alerted about this great deal! Two tickets to the Coffee and Tea Festival are being sold for a measely 20 bucks! So grab a friend and chip in $10 each and purchase your tickets here. You’ll save $30 off of regular admission! But hurry! The deal [...]
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get “Grounded”
You may or may not remember my passionate dissertation on coffee a couple of weeks ago. For those of you who didn’t read it or have blocked the over-caffeinated post from your memory, I am a lover of coffee and am in search of great coffee shops in New York. Recently, in a fit of [...]
