
Valerie Erwin ’79, chef and owner, Geechee Girl Rice Café, Philadelphia, Pa.
Alumni chefs talk about their craft
By Mark F. Bernstein ’83
The kitchen can be the most intimidating room in the house after a long day of work, when another night of take-out or microwave food seems a much easier alternative than turning on the stove. But for some alumni, cooking is both a passion and a profession.
PAW senior writer Mark F. Bernstein ’83 spoke to five alumni chefs who took different...
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Journalist Eric Schlosser ’81 has made a career of comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable through his prize-winning work for The Atlantic magazine and his 2001 book Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. He is co-producer of the new Robert...
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Financial aid rises with the economy’s downturn; stability expected for the budget, Aspire campaign
By Alice Lloyd George ’09
The University has been forced to increase its financial-aid spending by more than $3 million, and the timing and scope of campus construction projects may be adjusted in response to the financial crisis.
But Provost Christopher Eisgruber ’83 said last month that “Princeton is...
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Princeton retires No. 42 in honor of Kazmaier ’52 and Bradley ’65
By Brett Tomlinson
As children playing football on a churchyard in Crystal City, Mo., Bill Bradley ’65 and his friends took turns emulating collegiate gridiron stars. Bradley, for a Midwestern boy, had a curious favorite.
“Other kids wanted to be ‘Hopalong’ Cassady of Ohio State,” he recalled....
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