Campus Dining

through 11/9/12

November 9, 2012

"I would really love it if you would offer Starbars for sale at Oxy (and I think a lot of other people would too!).

http://starbars.com/index.php?page=bars"

We like the look of this product! Local (Santa Monica), made from raw, all natural ingredients. We checked out their website and called their office. Unfortunately they don't have a wholesale distributor yet, but they are looking for one. We'll keep an eye on their product to see if it shows up in the catalog of one of our natural products suppliers (United Natural/UNFI or Nature's Best).

"please have fiesta salad and asparagus/roasted eggplant salad more often! they're delicious :)"

Two crowd favorites indeed, your request is noted!

"MUCH better spice level for Meatless Monday - thanks!!"

You're so welcome!

"Please make gluten free options available at homestyle - the most affordable option - at least some of the time. Meals there are never marked (gf)."

We respectfully beg to differ - gluten free items are available at Homestyle quite often - look carefully for the (gf) at the station. We don't advertise in advance on the website, because we're often not completely sure a recipe is gf until we make it (some sauces and other ingredients come from a variety of sources and need to be checked carefully on the packaging). We're gradually building on our repertoire of gf recipes - some recipes are already gf and we want you to be aware, others require research and tweaking.

"We should get eggs for the cooler and get some bacon for the cooler. I would pay alot for an egg sandwich at night."

The Cooler can offer bacon and egg  English muffin sandwiches for breakfast because nothing else is being cooked on the grill at that time. Unfortunately the grill top is too small to add another item any other time during the day . Also, some of our customers do not eat pork or are allergic to eggs - and we try to avoid both on common cooking surfaces.

"First of all, thank you for having vegan baked goods available. I really appreciate Campus Dining's efforts to make great, homey food for vegan people.
That being said, I (and I think the rest of the Oxy community) would also appreciate it if there were a few more flavors of vegan muffins, so here are a few suggested recipes. Thanks again for your vegan-friendly efforts!" [recipes attached: Vegan Carrot Spice Muffin, Chocolate-Zuchinni Muffin, Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffin, Orange Berry Muffin]

Thank you for the recipes. We have forwarded them to our wonderful bakers.  FYI, the ONLY muffins we make here are the vegan ones (the regular muffins are baked here from frozen batters). We use a vegan baking mix as the base for the muffins, as well as the brownies and cookies. The vegan base makes it simpler to produce the large quantities of vegan baked goods that Oxy demands. This is a long way of saying that muffins completely from scratch may not be realistic - except for some special occasions. The recipes look delicious, and if we have the staff time, we will make them!
 

 

 

 

  • Office: Johnson Student Center, 2nd Floor
  • phone: (323) 259-2629
  • e-mail: dining@oxy.edu