>> The raspberry lemonade pie I brought to the staff picnic was one of dozens of desserts there. No one ate it. They ate cookies, cupcakes, Rice Krispie bars and food that was familiar to them. No one was there telling them about this fabulous pie (as happened in the bakery when I bought it).
>>Our new chef experimented with food on the cafeteria line such as spinach & artichoke chicken, gnocchi with pesto cream, sauteed tilapia with cucumber relish, eggplant curry and jasmine rice. He selected these items for our visit programs, and I already heard that students wanted more hamburgers and pizza.
>>Our president has all the new students to her house for dinner. When she asked several students what they wanted her to serve, the answer was tacos. Everyone is happy except the president, who has tacos nine nights during September.
My pie, as well as the upscale menu items, surely are delicious, but people want things that they know. Comfortable is really comfort + able. With food, as with most other situations, we need to acknowledge the comfort part before we can hope for people to be able to get comfort-able with change.
-- beth triplett
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