"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well"

— Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

From the advent of the "Slow Food" movement to the blossoming of interest in cooking culture, we are increasingly aware that the dining experience shouldn't be lightly surrendered to the food-industrial complex. Meals made lovingly from good ingredients and taken in good company nourish the body, mind and soul.

Harvest Meal menu (Nov. 6, 2008)

Bates Maple Shortbread Cookies (Nov. 6, 2008)

A meeting of cultures around a Creole Table (Nov. 4, 2008)

Good food, fellowship, and (oh yes!) books create a happy feast for the Boston Alumnae Book Club (Fall, 2007)

La Grande Bouffe by Richard Williamson, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of French (April 2007)