Volume CXXXI, Number 21 April 12, 2002 f

Culinary club spices up Bowdoin campus
HANNAH DEAN
STAFF WRITER

The new Bowdoin Culinary Club promises food, fun, and comfort. Truc Huynh '05, one of the pioneers of this new endeavor, hopes "to promote cultural diversity through various cuisines around the world, learn from each other's backgrounds, and provide international students with a home cooked meal."

The basis for founding the Culinary Club is to promote diversity through the medium of food. Though opinion and culture may divide Bowdoin students in the political and social realm, food and a common table will always bring us together.

It is towards such noble ends that the new food club shall strive. The club will attempt to create an atmosphere where people are "enlightened by each other's differences by sharing the different arts of cooking."

Furthermore, the club's purpose will be not only to share different kinds of food, but also "to teach those who have minimal experiences in cooking how to cook." The club promises to provide a unique forum where cultural exchange and learning can take place.

Although the number of prospective members is large, the club has not yet been approved. However, Huynh hopes that the club will be approved by next year. In the meantime, students will work on projects in conjunction with currently existing culinary clubs.

Meetings will be held at least once a week "to discuss various ways we can have fun and add to the uniqueness of the Bowdoin experience through cooking," said Huynh. Prospective projects may include hosting "a home-cooked meal [for] the homeless during the holidays such as Thanksgiving or Christmas or volunteer[ing] to teach young kids at nearby elementary schools how to cook," he explained.

For more information about the Culinary Club, contact Truc Huynh.