Cool

Students do cool things.

Everyone I go to so school with does cool things, at least.

Everyone you go to school with or went to school with probably does or did cool things too, even if you didn’t know about it.

Everyone I go to school with is quickly throwing together a massive fundraising event or offhandedly writing a book or nonchalantly recording an album.

Whatever, right?

Here’s some homework for you, reader. Think of someone who doesn’t do anything cool. Think of someone who doesn’t have any neat thing they like to do or make or play or eat.

If you thought of some sorry sap, go prove yourself wrong. Go talk to them. Talk to them for five minutes and find out what makes them tick.

Are they a ballerina? Are they a musician? An artist? A math whiz? An actual wizard? A toymaker? A sculptor? A blacksmith? A surfer? A bug collector?

I bet you they’re cool.

I bet you real, actual money that they do something cool and you just didn’t know it.

Or.

Maybe they’re boring as hell.

Red River College’s culinary arts students do cool things to. They do cool things in the kitchen – and probably some cool things outside the kitchen – at the Paterson Global Foods Institute.

Every day they whip up an entirely new menu of tasty foods.

Sometimes, they have sandwiches.

Usually, I eat them.

Always, they’re awesome.

Here’s what I had at the Paterson Global Foods Institute:

Banh Mi: Shaved pork char siu with Sriracha mayo, cucumbers, and pickled vegetables with cilantro in a toasted baguette. $8.00

Impressions: The dense, spicy Sriracha mayo was cut cleanly by the vinegary vegetables. The baguettes was totally toasted, but smelled fresh nonetheless.

What made it? Shaved pork char siu. Whatever it is. It’s cool.