Chowing down on campus

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, November, 2006 | by Tanya Barrientos

It's taco day at the Rockefeller dining hall at Princeton University, which is good. And bad. Good because who doesn't love a good sloppy taco? Not to mention that fluorescent-orange nacho cheese sauce. Bad because tacos are precisely the sort of campus offering that might lead students to pile their plates sky high with fatty meat, fatty cheese and salty, fried tortilla chips.

So it's logical to think that Daphne Oz, the 20-year-old author of The Dorm Room Diet who currently is a junior at Princeton, would steer clear of the Mexican food entirely. But no. It's taco day. Why should she miss out? Following her own nutritional advice (moderation instead of deprivation, portion control, lots of proteins, veggies and fresh fruit), Oz helps herself to one flour tortilla and one...