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Finding Community in the Kitchens of Amherst 🍳🥞

Author By Litzy Castaneda '28
Publication date April 9, 2025
Categories: Class of 2028

One of my favorite little things about life at Amherst is how even the smallest corners of campus can turn into places of connection. In my last blog post, I talked about the little ways Amherst shines, and today I wanted to share one of my absolute favorite traditions: cooking with friends. While the First-Year…Continue Reading Finding Community in the Kitchens of Amherst 🍳🥞

Tteokbokki Night with Culinary Club!

Author By Jiyuan Ji '28
Publication date March 2, 2025
Categories: Class of 2028

As some of you might know from my previous posts, I fell in love with cooking with friends at Amherst. And guess what? We are extending this communal activity to the entire Amherst community–we started the Culinary Club! For our intro meeting, we decided to make tteokbokki, which is relatively easy to make and tasty….Continue Reading Tteokbokki Night with Culinary Club!