News Center Maine quotes Stepp in report on Dining’s ‘Taste of the World’
News Center Maine quoted Matthew Stepp, York Dining service manager at the University of Maine, in a report on the third and final installment of this year’s “Taste of the World” event at campus dining facilities. York Dining served a dinner menu inspired by the cuisine of Trinidad and Tobago on April 25. The dining hall closed at 2 p.m. to decorate and prepare options including pan-fried vegetable fritters with mango relish, pineapple-glazed chicken and macaroni pie, WABI reported. “We used to do ‘Taste of America,’ focusing on certain areas of America, but we changed it to ‘Taste of the World’ in 2010, giving our multicultural students an opportunity to feel like they’re back at home and giving a chance to the students from America to taste something ethnic,” said Stepp. This is the first year the event has been split into three separate nights; the previous installments featured Egyptian food at Hilltop Dining on April 11 and Peruvian food at Wells Central on April 18.