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Meals part of course project

Nutrition students serve weekly themed lunches until April 19 

Cougar News Services UH nutrition students will serve a barbecue lunch from noon to 1 p.m. today at Shasta's Cafe in the Cameron Building as part of a semester-long course project.

The three-course meals cost $5 and are available every Wednesday through April 19.

"Very few people actually know that we use the cafe as a kitchen lab," health professor Andrew Rorschach said in a release. "It's like a mix between The Iron Chef and The Apprentice, with the students working collectively to execute a menu on a given theme. Everything from table settings to marketing and cooking is entirely up to them."

The cafe provides students an opportunity to plan menus and prepare food. In past semesters, students managed the cafe despite minor kitchen fires and failed desserts. 

Students also decide the theme of the week's meals. Themes this semester include Tex-Mex, St. Patrick's Day and Moroccan.

Eighteen students in Rorschach's Commercial Food Production Lab course run the cafe this semester. Proceeds go to pay for supplies for the next week's meals.

The Cameron Building is located on Wheeler Avenue near Parking Lot 9C. To place to-go orders call (713) 743-4122.
 

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