<p>Are there pots/pans/utensils/mixing bowls or anything of the like in the dorm kitchens? Or should students bring along everything they’d need to do any food prep and cooking they have in mind? Dish drying rack? Kitchen towels?</p>
<p>Good question. We are sending some cooking supplies - cookie sheet, mixing bowl, measuring cups and 9 x 13 pan - just in case.</p>
<p>You’ve had 68 views and no answers, and I think it’s because very few students do any serious cooking in the dorm kitchens and have no idea what’s available–most typical would be making slice and bake cookies on a disposable pan. I’d recommend waiting a while to see if your kid has any real desire or time to cook once school is underway before investing in any equipment.</p>
<p>Reporting in from Hughes 6: there is nothing at all in the kitchen.</p>
<p>I did see at least one person with a boxed cookware set among her belongings.</p>
<p>My daughter wouldn’t necessarily bake a pie or anything, but she might want to scramble herself an egg.</p>
<p>FYI: The oven on Hughes 5 is broken and says not to use it until the RA gives the go-ahead.</p>
<p>No utensils, no oven… One is reminded of the Monty Python cheese shop sketch.</p>
<p>There’s a stove/oven and microwave and sink but nothing else. Recommend you wait until you know what the roomates have. Most of the students share cooking/baking equipment.</p>
<p>My D’s roommate brought cooking supplies…they are in Anderson. She has everything they need to make cupcakes, including a muffin tin, in a container under her bed. Great match for my D as she has no interest whatsoever in baking herself, but is happy to eat her sister’s creations at home! Sounds like a fun way to make friends in the dorm!</p>
<p>As a student, I would reccomend waiting and seeing what friends / roommates have. I got by my freshman year with a few baking and cooking things, but not a full set until much later. When someone felt like baking, they often asked people to borrow a bowl, pan, etc. I slowly accumulated kitchen utencils by purchasing a few things at a time from TJ Maxx in Friendship Heights. I agree with the poster above me, baking is a good way to make friends! Once I baked treats for a class potluck and everyone kept popping in asking for samples. The smell tends to waft down the hall. </p>
<p>Freshman don’t typically cook much because of having full meal plans. I didn’t find myself cooking more until my sophomore year, even thoguh I enjoyed cooking and baking when I lived at home.</p>
<p>Hm, compared to the board plan I had in college (everyone was on an unlimited plan), 150-200 swipes doesn’t seem that “full” to me! But I guess it’s pretty close. Our tour guide when we came to freshman day said she didn’t have a meal plan at all and cooked all her meals in the dorm kitchen. That’s why I envisioned that they might be equipped. At the least, I thought perhaps there might be that accumulation of odds and ends that tends to build up in a shared rental house as people move out and leave their paring knives and measuring cups behind. But I suppose they must just clear it all out at the end of the year.</p>
<p>I offered my daughter some kitchen equipment so she could scramble an egg, make a pot of spaghetti, or whatever, but she declined.</p>