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Bon Appetit at Pacific University serves students, staff, and the public at the cafe, market, Starbucks on campus as well as off site with our esteemed catering services.

🍿 Pop by Café 1851 for a Popcorn Pop-Up you won’t want to miss!📅 Tuesday, October 14🕛 12–1 PM📍 Café 1851✨ Choose from 4–...
10/14/2025

🍿 Pop by Café 1851 for a Popcorn Pop-Up you won’t want to miss!

📅 Tuesday, October 14
🕛 12–1 PM
📍 Café 1851

✨ Choose from 4–5 unique popcorn flavors
➕ Top it off with 12+ sweet & savory toppings

$4 – Plain (3 oz. bag)
$6 – With toppings

Perfect mid-day snack break.

You may have seen more plants on our menus or heard us say, "we're pursuing a plant-forward future." But what even is pl...
11/06/2023

You may have seen more plants on our menus or heard us say, "we're pursuing a plant-forward future." But what even is plant-forward and why does it matter? 🌱

PLANT FOR-WARD [plant-centric; vegetable-centric] -
A style off cooking and eating that emphasizes and celebrates, but is not limited to, plant-based foods — including fruits and vegetables; whole grains; beans, other legumes (pulses), and spices — resulting in craveable meals that reflect evidence-based principles of health and sustainability.

We're probably preaching to the choir if we say that animal-forward dishes are more carbon-intensive, but it's true! Food is inextricably linked to climate change, and we're playing our part to reduce emissions by putting more plants on the menu.

Social media would have you believe self-care is about days at the spa, yoga retreats, or drinking expensive tonics from...
10/20/2023

Social media would have you believe self-care is about days at the spa, yoga retreats, or drinking expensive tonics from your local juice bar (though those can be nice and do equal self-care for some), but what’s it really about? Let’s cut through the buzz together.

What does the science say?
At its core, self-care is about making your health a priority. It’s about reducing and preventing stress, which can improve both mental and physical health. It’s an all-encompassing concept that takes into account emotional, physical, and mental health. The movement recognizes that “me time” isn’t selfish in the negative sense; instead, it can make you a more productive employee and better partner, parent, or friend. (Check out the Wellness tab on cafebonappetit.com for the details!)

Here are five simple ways to practice self-care:
1️⃣ Get in bed 30 minutes earlier than you usually do to allow for more time to sleep.
2️⃣ Take 20 minutes to move your body in a way that feels good to you.
3️⃣ Do five minutes of deep breathing when you wake up or before bed.
4️⃣ Drink a cup of herbal tea without distractions.
5️⃣ Eat a healthy breakfast to start your day off right.

Self-care doesn’t have to be time-consuming or expensive, and fitting it in should not add stress to your day. Choose things that fill up your “happiness cup,” and know that everyone’s version of self-care looks a little different.

Learn how to be expert sustainable seafood spotters like our chefs, thanks to Seafood Watch! Swipe through or catch the ...
10/19/2023

Learn how to be expert sustainable seafood spotters like our chefs, thanks to Seafood Watch! Swipe through or catch the details below. 🎣

Sustainable seafood is seafood that has either been caught or farmed in a way that minimizes negative impacts on the environment.

Every seafood meal you enjoy in your Bon Appétit café year-round is sourced in alignment with the recommendations of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program.

Seafood Watch assesses how fisheries and aquaculture operations perform against science-based standards for environmental sustainability. Their species-specific ratings help consumers and businesses make choices for a healthy ocean.

Seafood Watch categories:
1️⃣ "Best Choices" - fewest environmental impacts
2️⃣ "Good Alternatives" - some environmental impacts of concern, but an option if a Best Choice isn't available
3️⃣ "Avoid" - don't buy because the species is overfished or caught or farmed in a way that farms the environment of other wildlife

Explore Seafood Watch's recommendations and get easy-to-use consumer guides at seafoodwatch.org.

10/19/2023

Learn how to be expert sustainable seafood spotters like our chefs, thanks to Seafood Watch! Swipe through or catch the details below. 🎣

Sustainable seafood is seafood that has either been caught or farmed in a way that minimizes negative impacts on the environment.

Every seafood meal you enjoy in your Bon Appétit café year-round is sourced in alignment with the recommendations of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program.

Seafood Watch assesses how fisheries and aquaculture operations perform against science-based standards for environmental sustainability. Their species-specific ratings help consumers and businesses make choices for a healthy ocean.

Seafood Watch categories:
1️⃣ "Best Choices" - fewest environmental impacts
2️⃣ "Good Alternatives" - some environmental impacts of concern, but an option if a Best Choice isn't available
3️⃣ "Avoid" - don't buy because the species is overfished or caught or farmed in a way that farms the environment of other wildlife

Explore Seafood Watch's recommendations and get easy-to-use consumer guides at seafoodwatch.org.

The lavender and vanilla scents in this tea help to increase feelings of relaxation and calm, while black tea has antiox...
10/18/2023

The lavender and vanilla scents in this tea help to increase feelings of relaxation and calm, while black tea has antioxidants that help prevent inflammation. Sip slowly and savor the sweet, creamy texture as you feel stress melt away.

Makes 1 serving
YOU NEED:
1 teaspoon chamomile leaves or 1 chamomile tea bag
1 cup water
1 tablespoon lavender simple syrup (recipe below)
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoon evaporated milk or plant-based creamer
Sprinkle lavender leaves (optional)*

DIRECTIONS:
Heat water to boiling and steep tea 3-5 minutes. Pour in simple syrup, vanilla, and top with milk (steamed if you prefer) and a sprinkle of lavender leaves.

LAVENDER SIMPLE SYRUP
Makes 1 cup (16 servings)
YOU NEED:
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon lavender leaves*
*Culinary lavender leaves can be found in specialty grocers on online retailers.

DIRECTIONS:
Combine water, sugar, and lavender leaves in a pot. Bring to a boil and simmer until thickened and slightly reduced. Pour through a fine mesh sieve to filter out lavender leaves. Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.

In addition to eating balanced meals, adopting the following lifestyle habits will help you feel your best! Stress (...
10/16/2023

In addition to eating balanced meals, adopting the following lifestyle habits will help you feel your best!

Stress (Less)
🏃 Get moving to increase serotonin and reduce your stress-hormone cortisol.
🤣 Laugh more for the same hormonal effects as exercise.
🌬️ Step outside and breathe in some fresh air, give yourself a few minutes indoors to slow down and concentrate on your breathing, or download a breathing or meditation app to guide you.

Sleep (More)
🛌 Get 7-8 hours of sleep per night.
😴 Go to sleep at the same time every day (yes, even on weekends)!
🌡️ Keep your bedroom cool and dark — the best environment for sleep.
📴 Avoid screens for at least 30 minutes before bed!
💸 Avoid stressful activities close to bedtime (or in the bedroom) to separate your sleeping space from day-to-day activities.
📒 Keep a notepad by your bed to write down racing thoughts and let them go.
🍵 Create a comforting routine with tea or a hot bath.
🙅 Kick the afternoon caffeine habit!
Stay Active
🧘‍♂️ Salute the sun with a few yoga moves to awaken your mind and body.
🚶 Schedule walking meetings or take a quick walk on your lunch break.
🏋️ Schedule a group exercise class with friends.

Combining nutrition with physical activity, adequate sleep, and reducing stress, is the ticket to being your best you!

Corey Ridings, Manager of West Coast Fisheries for Ocean Conservancy and doctoral student at The University of Washingto...
10/13/2023

Corey Ridings, Manager of West Coast Fisheries for Ocean Conservancy and doctoral student at The University of Washington, had a sea-rious Q&A about women in the seafood industry with our Chief Strategy and Brand Officer Maisie Ganzler — the brains behind our companywide sustainability commitments!
Swipe through the carousel or read on below.
Maisie: What are the key issues women in the seafood industry face globally?
Corey: The biggest issues in the global fishing industry are inclusion and opportunity. Women don't have as many opportunities to go fishing themselves. A lot of times the labor in the industry is distributed differently. Women's labor goes far more unrecognized and undervalued.
Maisie: Have you seen any organizations or movements or programs specifically aimed at changing these dynamics?
Corey: There are groups that work internationally looking to empower women across the seafood sector, working on things like visibility for women and more positions for women in management of fisheries.
Maisie: You served as an observer on an Alaskan fishing boat. When you entered as the only woman on the boat did you feel welcomed?
Corey: The experience for me was incredibly positive. While I was there, I didn't experience any sexual harassment or any other form of harassment. But there have been reports of that in the last 15 years since I was there and, certainly in other fisheries, harassment can be a problem.
Maisie: What do you call women who fish?
Corey: Today, if you go out and you ask women who work on commercial fishing boats what they want to be called, most of them will say they want to be called “fishermen.” The word itself, at least as we talk about it in English, has a lot of positive meaning. Now, of course, it is a gendered term in English. And so how any individual person interacts with that is completely up to them about how they'd like to be identified.
Get the full interview at the link in our bio!

57% of the world’s fisheries are fished at their maximum capacity and 35% are overfished and in danger of collapse accor...
10/11/2023

57% of the world’s fisheries are fished at their maximum capacity and 35% are overfished and in danger of collapse according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Association. Here’s an overview of what we’re doing about seafood sustainability:
1️⃣ In 2002, we became the first food service company to partner with the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch Program® and begin buying seafood based on the program's sustainability guidelines for seafood purchasing.
2️⃣ Seafood Watch Program® adherence. In 2004, we made adherence to purchasing Best Choice or Good Alternative fresh and frozen seafood a non-negotiable food standard.
3️⃣ After adopting the Seafood Watch standards as our own, we co-sponsored the making of the Emmy-nominated documentary Farming the Seas and, together with Seafood Watch, created the Save Seafood Tour to educate people across the country.
4️⃣ In 2011, we launched our Fish to Fork program, which created guidelines for traceability, size of boat or aquaculture operation, distance-at-sea limits for wild fish, and distance from the dock or farm distribution radius from Bon Appétit kitchens. This program set the industry standard for local seafood sourcing.
5️⃣ We appointed 14 Bon Appétit chefs “piscators,” or fish foragers, charged with finding responsible fisherfolk and fish farmers in their areas for us to support.
6️⃣ Our chefs are encouraged to try low-on-the-food-chain species; species whose edible portion could be better utilized; and less-widely eaten larger species that can substitute for one of the “Top Ten” endangered species.
7️⃣ The skipjack tuna we serve has been caught without the use of fish-aggregating devices (FADs), a destructive fishing method that increases the chances of bycatch.
8️⃣ All salmon we purchase is wild caught from Alaska.
9️⃣ Our seafood purchases are either fresh when available locally, or frozen-at-the-source to ensure quality while reducing our carbon footprint.
🔟 We’re the first food service company to set goals for antibiotics use in aquaculture.
Learn more about our trailblazing seafood sustainability commitments at the link in our bio.

Beneath the surface of the global seafood industry lurks a true disparity based on gender. Women don’t experience the sa...
10/09/2023

Beneath the surface of the global seafood industry lurks a true disparity based on gender. Women don’t experience the same economic windfalls in the seafood industry that their male counterparts do. Here’s 4 areas where there is a need for sea change in the industry:
Women's Roles and Representation in the Seafood Industry
Women play key roles in the seafood industry (and make up nearly half of the industry!) but often operate in informal or unpaid roles, with limited representation in industry governance and decision-making. This perpetuates their exclusion from key decision-making processes, and hinders progress on critical issues like forced labor, sustainable fisheries management, and disaster recovery.
Working Conditions
Violations of labor rights — including forced labor and human trafficking — are unfortunately very common and these issues disproportionately affect marginalized groups, including women and migrants.
Gender Pay Gap
Gender disparities are rife throughout the seafood industry, resulting in women receiving unequal pay for the same jobs as men, limited opportunity for growth, and underrepresentation in leadership roles. The gender pay gap, a symbol of these inequalities, has far-reaching consequences beyond the industry — it significantly impacts the growth of communities, of families, and of larger economies.
Inclusion and Equality for Women Benefits All
Policy reform, flexible working conditions, pay parity, and access to reproductive health are key components of gender equality in the seafood industry. This equality and inclusion for women in seafood extends beyond just women and girls. Improving equality along the entire seafood value chain will have wide-ranging benefits for society as whole, and helps to ensure that the benefits of development are felt by all.

Have you ever wondered what to do with those feathery carrot tops or deep green beet or broccoli leaves? Don't toss them...
09/29/2023

Have you ever wondered what to do with those feathery carrot tops or deep green beet or broccoli leaves? Don't toss them into your compost bin or, worse, your trash bin! Cut down on your food waste while adding nutrients and flavor to your dishes with our stem-to-root tips for transforming these surprisingly edible plant parts.
1️⃣ Take your carrot or radish tops and add them to salsas, chutneys, relishes, and salads.
2️⃣ Sauté and serve your swiss chard stems with the greens. You could also pickle them or add them to a salsa for a unique flavor punch!
3️⃣ Keep your broccoli and cauliflower stems and leaves! Use them in stir-fries, pasta sauces, or salads. You could even grate them as a flavorful addition to a slaw.
4️⃣ Add your beet greens and stems to salads, stir-fries, soups, or pastas. You can also sauté them like you would swiss chard greens and stems!
5️⃣ Drum roll please for our personal favorite on this list... 🥁 potato skins! Although you can leave them on in any preparation, if you need to peel them, roast the skin with your favorite seasonings for a crispy snack or garnish.
Get more food waste fighting tips: pacificu.cafebonappetit.com/surprisingly-edible-plant-parts/

ICYMI: Through our Farm to Fork program, we aim to purchase 20% of our food from small, owner-operated farms and ranches...
09/27/2023

ICYMI: Through our Farm to Fork program, we aim to purchase 20% of our food from small, owner-operated farms and ranches within 150 miles of our kitchens. (Small meaning under $5 million in sales when they first join our program!)
Since it's inception, we have expanded this to include mid-sized producers of meat, poultry and eggs, dairy, and cheese. They must be owner-operated, within 500 miles of our kitchens, and their products must carry stringent third-party humane certifications.
We’ve discovered the best way to achieve our goals of sourcing 20% of our food locally is to take a holistic approach to creating “foodsheds.”
What is a foodshed? A diverse regional network of farmer and artisan suppliers that benefit from long-term purchasing dollars. More than just buying seasonal products here and there, many of our teams now work with producers to intentionally plan product purchases over a particular season or period of time.
Read more about our groundbreaking (pun intended!) local purchasing commitment and explore our local vendors: pacificu.cafebonappetit.com/cook-these-nine-root-vegetables/

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