Balancing on a Buffet: Human Ecologist Presents Local Agrifood Research

The Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Kicks off a new series of talks with a heavy hitting lecture on food systems and environmentally conscious diets and a reception with of local food delights.
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OTM On The Road: Next Stop Praha

The journey continues in the Golden City of the Czech Republic: Prague. Follow along on a whirlwind exploration of dumplings, pilsner and gypsy punk in the heart of Bohemia.
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UCensation Attracts Students with Free Smells, Sounds and Samples

Comprised of cheap burgers, a pumpkin carving contest, photo booth and free samples, the event served as a convenient stress reliever for midterms
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Graphic Novelist Art Spiegelman Awes With Multimedia Show at Campbell Hall

The lights lowered. With hushed voices, the mostly balding, erudite and otherwise hipster-bespectacled crowd leaned towards each other’s eager ears, their eyes rendered inert by the expanding blackn...
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Three Recipes to Try on National Food Day

Not sure how to start "eating real?" Let the OTM staff help you out with these easy, feel good meals.
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Beer Lovers Converge at Pints for the Park, Drunken Happiness Ensues

While my wings were made of foam instead of feathers, and my halo my drunken glow, I wondered how this could be anything other than beer heaven...
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The Great Pumpkin Beer…Or Is It?

Observing taste, smell and general chug-ability, check out OTM’s definitive (and highly subjective) assessment of 2014’s pumpkin beers.
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Aladdin Café: Garlic, Hummus and Humility at IV’s Newest Eatery

“There’s nothing like this here ... I want to bring a taste of Mediterranean into I.V., to bring a better image of Middle Eastern culture”
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The SB Beer Fest: Prepare for Local Malt Annihilation

Have you ever spent at least 15 minutes in Keg & Bottle’s bomber aisle? Do you follow a brewery on Twitter? Have you ever uttered, “Wine? I’m more of a beer person.” Does the sound of drin...
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The Cultural Inebriation of Oktoberfest

OTM takes on oktoberfestbier for the first time. Deeply colored like an especially frothy cup of black tea and an almost biscuit-like malt, one märzen is particularly smooth and poundable.
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Ogle Some Avos: The California Avocado Festival in Pictures

OTM Rocks out with its guac out.
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OTM On The Road: Strasbourg

This chocolate may perhaps be the catalyst for the ultimate mouth-gasm...
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Get Avo Crazy

A world of creamy, green goodness awaits.
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A Bite from the Editors

On The Menu co-editors share their views on food and life.
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On the Menu Goes On the Road

On The Menu Editor Allison Wright chronicles her delicious backpacking travels.
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