Episode 152: Thanksgiving with UConn Dining Services

Rob Landolphi is the Director of Culinary Development for UConn Dining Services. In his role, he and his team develop the menus to the over 200,000 meals served to students each week in Storrs. Rob joins us on his episode to talk about how student tastes have changed over the years and how everything from social media to the Cultural Centers on campus affects what is served in dining halls. For those of you that are getting ready to prepare Thanksgiving dinner, Rob provides some great tips on cooking turkey and getting sides dishes done in advance. We also discuss the 25th Annual UConn Culinary Olympics , which takes place on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, and the public is invited to attend!

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Episode 152: Thanksgiving with UConn Dining Services is an episode from UConn 360: The UConn Podcast by UConn 360.

This episode is 17:30 long.

This episode was published on Nov 24, 2025.

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