This week’s Rose Café featured Rose’s very own Chef Hans. It was really cool being able to talk to Chef Hans and get a different outlook on how cooking/the kitchen works in Rose. I could tell he was incredibly passionate about what he did, and I admired how he steered kitchens away from frozen food/packaged food and implemented more responsibility and fresh foods in the kitchen. Another thing that I never considered as much as I should was, why all the dining halls except for one close at 8 or why there are very few dining halls open for every meal. I used to think it was rather annoying or inconvenient for me, when I didn’t consider the workers from the dining halls and think about it from their point of view. I learned that they often don’t leave before 10 p.m. when the dining hall closes at 8. It is remarkable how much work they put in every day for us, not only with foods but with clean up and preparation as well. This Rose Cafe really made me appreciate the dining halls we are blessed with here at Cornell.