Spring Break
Snacking with Siner: The Daily Grind
Kaitlyn Siner
Issue date: 4/8/05 Section: Editorial/Opinion
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04/08/05 - Food - the smell, sight, taste of it - can make even the most boring, unbearable tasks just a little easier. That's why I love the library, but not because I particularly like to study. I love the library because of the Daily Grind.
For those of you only acquainted with the outside of the library at the University of Rhode Island, the Daily Grind is a coffee stand located in the reserves room near the front entrance.
There is no place else on campus specifically designated for both studying and eating. The Daily Grind has been a brilliant study habit to come across; combine something you like (food) with something you don't like (studying) and the middle ground makes cramming for that final a bit less torturous.
Until this year, the Daily Grind was your basic coffee cart convenience; coffee, tea, cocoa, bagels, pastries and fruit. This alone seemed like a nice perk, given that most libraries strictly warn against eating or drinking on the premises.
The Daily Grind, however, is starting to turn into more of a café than cart recently. First came the addition of ice cream bars and low-fat treats like Starbucks mocha-flavored fudgescicles and Slim-Fast bars.
Once spring semester came around and the library opened its doors again, the Daily Grind featured Campbell's Soup at Hand, which was vibrantly displayed in red casing, waiting to be micro waved and slurped by students. Also added were on-the-go boxes of popular cereals like Frosted Flakes and Apple Jacks.
The Daily Grind wanted to respond to student requests for snacks that were more along the lo-carb nature.
They decided to feature fresh, pre-packaged salads as the next part of their ever-expanding selection. Students can take a healthy break from studying and try varieties like Chicken Cesar salad, Greek salad, or Chinese Chicken salad, with chicken, pea-pods, water-chestnuts and cashews.
The salads must be going over well with students, because when I went to grab a Chicken Cesar salad they were all gone. Since I'm allergic to cashews, I passed on the Chinese Chicken salad, which sounded the most interesting.
For those of you only acquainted with the outside of the library at the University of Rhode Island, the Daily Grind is a coffee stand located in the reserves room near the front entrance.
There is no place else on campus specifically designated for both studying and eating. The Daily Grind has been a brilliant study habit to come across; combine something you like (food) with something you don't like (studying) and the middle ground makes cramming for that final a bit less torturous.
Until this year, the Daily Grind was your basic coffee cart convenience; coffee, tea, cocoa, bagels, pastries and fruit. This alone seemed like a nice perk, given that most libraries strictly warn against eating or drinking on the premises.
The Daily Grind, however, is starting to turn into more of a café than cart recently. First came the addition of ice cream bars and low-fat treats like Starbucks mocha-flavored fudgescicles and Slim-Fast bars.
Once spring semester came around and the library opened its doors again, the Daily Grind featured Campbell's Soup at Hand, which was vibrantly displayed in red casing, waiting to be micro waved and slurped by students. Also added were on-the-go boxes of popular cereals like Frosted Flakes and Apple Jacks.
The Daily Grind wanted to respond to student requests for snacks that were more along the lo-carb nature.
They decided to feature fresh, pre-packaged salads as the next part of their ever-expanding selection. Students can take a healthy break from studying and try varieties like Chicken Cesar salad, Greek salad, or Chinese Chicken salad, with chicken, pea-pods, water-chestnuts and cashews.
The salads must be going over well with students, because when I went to grab a Chicken Cesar salad they were all gone. Since I'm allergic to cashews, I passed on the Chinese Chicken salad, which sounded the most interesting.
