• Mar 5 | 5:00 pm

    Fish Friday's During Lent

    • 1920 Commons

    • English House

    • Hill House

    • Houston Market

  • Apr 7 | 11:30 am

    Passover

    • Falk at Penn Hillel

  • Apr 16 | 6:00 pm

    QK Culinary Session

    • Quaker Kitchen

  • Apr 17 | 11:30 am

    Mindful Mocktails

    • 1920 Commons

    • Hill House

  • Apr 22 | 10:15 am

    Earth Day

    • 1920 Commons

    • English House

    • Hill House

  • Apr 22 | 5:00 pm

    Recipes from Home

    • Lauder College House

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Culture, Community, and Cuisine

What is Penn Cooks?

In recognition of the student population we have on campus, Penn Dining provides opportunities to feature chefs and cuisines from a variety of locations, backgrounds, and cultures.  Working with the Chaplain's Office and Penn University Life, Penn Dining created a program called Penn Cooks – Culture, Community, and Cuisine. 

See what Penn Cooks brings to the Penn Community here.

During the Academic Year, each of our residential dining locations will feature a dish or dishes by including them as special menu options, at made-to-order expo stations, as part of Quaker Kitchen chef demos, or in other innovative incorporations.

Our chefs work with recipes chosen from iconic cookbooks, suggested by local and Penn-affiliated chefs, or submitted by students to develop special menu items that will be featured throughout our cafes.

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Look at all the things you can enjoy!

Penn Dining brings you more than just flavorful, nutritious food. We offer a variety of activities to help strengthen community across campus. Our events highlight ways to improve your health and wellness, experience food and traditions of cultures across the globe, try new menu items or just meet new people. Check our Event Calendar regularly to make sure you don't miss out!