food
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Korean fried chicken in the kitchen
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This month we decided to eat at Kim’s Kitchen, a cozy Korean restaurant tucked away at 258 King Street. A brisk two-minute walk from campus, this restaurant is filled with all the fixings. This is, of course, not to mention the HEFTY portion sizes for a post-exam reward meal. To start, Andrew had the strawberry…
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Coach Murphy provides words of Wisdom
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“I was playing multiple sports, but never found that sport that I was drawn to, like it was ingrained in my DNA,” said Coach Phil Murphy. Being able to play on a rugby team ignited the spark and passion Murphy carries to this day. “I remember coming off the field my very first time playing…
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Wilfrid Laurier University’s efforts to help students who are experiencing food insecurity
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People all around Canada are feeling the effects of the growing cost of living and increased food costs. Communities at Wilfrid Laurier University are no different. In the circumstance that a student at Laurier experiences food insecurity, they have access to a number of free or low-cost options. The Student Food Bank at Wilfrid Laurier…
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Q’s Cakes and Cafe owner celebrates Food Network’s “The Big Bake: Halloween” win
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“That was definitely the biggest cake that we’ve ever made,” Raquel David said. “The finished cake itself was about 5.5 feet tall.” David is the winner of this year’s The Big Bake: Halloween competition, which aired on Food Network on Sept. 27. In the episode, teams of bakers made gigantic cakes that move for a…
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What’s on the menu? Local restaurant deals in Kitchener-Waterloo
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Laurier Food Justice Garden Project promotes food landscaping and food justice on campus
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The Laurier Food Justice Garden is a project that aims to transform campus landscaping from decorative planters to useful community-based landscaping. The founder, Veda Hingert-McDonald, is a founding member of Climate Justice Laurier where they wanted to incorporate social and racial justice into the climate activism aspect of their group. “Something that came to mind…
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Kombucha craze: The importance of gut health
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Over the past few years, kombucha has exploded across the health food market. You can’t walk through a grocery store without being force-fed GT Dave’s Gingerade brew. But do any of us really know what the benefits of drinking kombucha are? Do we even know if there are benefits? Sure, it says organic on the…
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Filling and effective hangover fixes
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In the spirit of St Patrick’s Day, it would seem to be appropriate to prepare students on how to best cope with their post-Ezra hangovers via greasy and filling fast food. All things considered — i.e. the whole suspended classes, social isolation thing — condoning large gatherings isn’t exactly a morally, ethically, or hygienically sound…
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Charcuterie boards that are affordable to make with a student budget
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Stark and Perri rebranding to ‘The Prohibition Warehouse’ under new ownership
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Uptown Waterloo’s beloved restaurant and bar, Stark and Perri, is getting rebranded. Now under new ownership, the restaurant closed down on Oct. 7 and renovations have been underway since. “We took it over about a month ago and we’re refurbishing and we’re looking at going in a different direction with the food,” said Wayne Montgomery,…
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