Sustainable Food Initiative
Pickling Event
REC EcoReps and Bon Appetit Fellow, Mitchell Everetts
October 22, 11:30 AM – 1 PM, Collins Dining Hall
Weigh the Waste
REC EcoReps & Sustainable Food Interns
October 21-25, 11:30 AM – 1 PM, Collins Dining Hall
Every year in the United States we generate more than 14 million tons of food waste — much of it discarded directly from our plates. Help tip the scales to make your dining at Collins zero food waste! We will be collecting and weighing food waste, conducting surveys and informing diners about options to cut waste.
Melanie Berdyk
Regional Wellness Manager, Bon Appetit
October 29, Collins Dining Hall
Join Collins Dining Hall on Tuesday October 29th, for the Wellness Day Event, “Vary Your Protein Routine”!
Bon Appetit’s very own Regional Wellness Manager, Melanie Berdyck, will be at Collins Dining Hall for lunch at 11:00am, showcasing a Superfood Power Bowl made of 100% plant proteins! Let’s discuss the powerful benefits of a plant based diet, and sample some delicious superfood combinations.
Stop by our Options station to make your own superfood creation, and lettuce do our best to make it delicious!
Helena Bottemiller Evich ’09
The Politics of Food and Climate Change: A Reporter’s Notebook
September 26, Athenaeum Dinner Program
Helena Bottemiller Evich ’09 is the founder and editor-in-chief, Food Fix; former national food and agriculture reporter, POLITICO; former Washington correspondent, Food Safety News; George Polk Award Winner; two-time James Beard Award Winner.She will address the politics of food, agriculture and climate change in the U.S.
Mary Sue Milliken
Chef and Restaurateur
November 12 , Athenaeum Dinner Program
How does sustainability affect our food systems, and how does that affect the restaurant business? Join famed Los Angeles chef Mary Sue Milliken for an evening of exploration!
Milliken is a James Beard and Julia Child Award-winning chef, cookbook author, media personality, and co-owner of Mundo Hospitality Group (Border Grill, BBQ Mexicana, Pacha Mamas, SOCALO, and Alice B.) with her business partner Susan Feniger. After becoming the first female chef at Chicago’s top French restaurant, Le Perroquet, in 1978, Milliken went on to work at the woman-owned, two-Michelin-star Restaurant D’Olympe in Paris, before rejoining Feniger in L.A. to launch City Café in 1981, applying French techniques to unfamiliar dishes from around the world. Milliken and Feniger brought their innovative approaches to The Food Network with the “Too Hot Tamales” and “Tamales World Tour” series, along with the Los Angeles’ popular food-centric radio show, KCRW’s “Good Food.”
In 2011, Milliken competed on season three of Bravo’s “Top Chef Masters” and won $40,000 for her chosen charity, Share Our Strength. She has also co-authored five cookbooks. Milliken is passionate about food policy and works with nonprofits around the world to bring her expertise to help shape sustainable food systems. Milliken also serves on the Board of Trustees for the James Beard Foundation, as a member of the U. S. State Department’s American Chef Corps, and is a co-founder of Regarding Her.
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