Tea at The Plaza

While living on campus, students can take advantage of various programs offered in the residence halls.  From games to movie viewings, there is always something being run by a building's RAs (resident assistants).

Recently, I was able to take part in my favorite program to date!  A few RAs from Campbell and Salice-Conley Halls joined together to plan a program to tea at The Plaza.  Residents were able to request to attend the program a few weeks before it was held, and twenty students were able to partake.

My roommate & I enjoying our tea

We traveled to the Palm Court one Saturday afternoon to enjoy tea, scones, finger sandwiches, and pastries in the famous Plaza Hotel.  We each paid only $15 to attend the elegant affair, making what is typically an expensive NYC experience much more affordable!

Our special "Fordham University" tea menus!

It was such a unique and fun experience that allowed me to cross one more thing off my NYC bucket list!

Fordham Becomes a Spoon University

 Good news for all Fordie’s foodies! Fordham has joined the 45 nationwide campuses with contributing students to Spoon University. Spoon University serves as an online guide for students to local on and off campus cuisine and beyond.

The Spoon’s national homepage provides articles from national contributors about all things food related. The national homepage also includes selected articles from over 1,000 student contributors and posts those that pertain to all college foodies, despite their location.

The Fordham University Spoon Chapter serves to provide Fordham students with a guide among the chaos that can be dining in NYC and on a college campus. As of the chapter’s launch last week, articles include a dorm-friendly recipe for a pumpkin spice mug cake and an article on the five best places to have tea in NYC.

Sophomore and Spoon journalist, Jess Mannino sought interest in the newly forming chapter because of her love for both the culinary and literary arts. Says Mannino on her new journalistic undertaking: “As a writer for Spoon University, I have been able to wed my love for writing and my love for food in a way that is conducive to learning about what it means to experience and to articulate experience.”

Mannino encourages even those students who haven’t yet awakened their inner Anthony Bourdain to read the Spoon for inspiration! “Reading this blog is a great way to become foodies by proxy,” explains Mannino. “With recipes, how-to's, suggestions, reviews, and tips, our team writes and photographs to cater to all of your wildest food inquiries.”

Read Jess’s article, “Your Guide to Local, Bronx Pizza” here!