Complaints About the Food at Oberlin College

[Corinthian]

New article from Conor Friedersdorf in the Atlantic:

The dining hall is serving cheap imitations of East Asian dishes because all college campuses serve cheap imitations of all dishes––they’re trying to feed students as cheaply as possible, and authentic báhn mis, never mind sushi, would cost much more. And, of course, East Asian students are hardly alone in being served inauthentic versions of foods they grew up eating. As the grandson of two French Cajuns, I can assure aggrieved Oberlin students that the “gumbo” and “jambalaya” I was sometimes served for campus meals was in no way authentic! (Nor was the spaghetti carbonara, nor the Danishes, nor the beef goulash.)

Lots of good thoughts and questions raised in this article. Also he invites Oberlin students to email him with their take on what is going on. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/12/the-food-fight-at-oberlin-college/421401/