Comments on: Inviting Writing: Cafeteria Culture

By: Inviting Writing: Food and Independence | Food & Think

Inviting Writing: Food and Independence | Food & Think — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:01:20 +0000

[...] last Inviting Writing prompt inspired some surprisingly pleasant memories of cafeteria meals, from the social dynamics of the [...]

By: Inviting Writing: Top Class Cafeteria | Food & Think

Inviting Writing: Top Class Cafeteria | Food & Think — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:21:29 +0000

[...] this month’s Inviting Writing series, we expected some horror stories about cafeteria culture. Instead, writers have shared largely positive memories: learning social customs in the United [...]

By: Inviting Writing: Mastering the School Cafeteria | Food & Think

Inviting Writing: Mastering the School Cafeteria | Food & Think — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:20:23 +0000

[...] this month’s Inviting Writing series, we asked you for personal stories about cafeteria culture: the sights, smells, rituals and survival tactics of shared mealtime. Our first essay comes from [...]

By: Shay Simmons

Shay Simmons — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:33:48 +0000

Not the most romantic of moments, but I got my first proposal over a pre-dawn breakfast in a Marine Crops chow hall at Officer Candidate School (Marines don’t say mess hall. Don’t ask me why).

Another member of my company, a young man whose name I only knew because it was stenciled over his breast pocket, looked up from inhaling his SOS and Texas Pete Hot Sauce and asked “You wanna get married?”

“What?”

“Do you know what we would be making when we’re both colonels?”

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:55:06 +0000

I literally laughed out loud at your dead on description of the IB program. I put myself through that too… hated it at the time but looking back I’m glad I did it. I’ve got tons of lunch room memories coming back- can’t wait to organize them into a blog post. :)