<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/0211-dining-services-secret-to-success.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><feature_title>Featured News</feature_title><title>Dining Services’ secret ingredient to success: community</title><author>Tory Abbott '23</author><author_email>info@skidmore.edu</author_email><pubDate>02/13/2025 02:19:04 AM</pubDate><display>display</display><description>Skidmore Dining Services has a No. 4 ranking for Best College Food in New York and recently picked up yet another medal in an American Culinary Federation-sanctioned competition, but it’s the people who truly make Skidmore’s dining experience special.</description><category>News</category><image_listing><img src="/news/2025/images/0212-dining-services-community-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Production Manager Tim Thompson and Short Order Cook Allen LaPelle add ingredients to a pan during the 11th annual ACF Culinary Competition"/></image_listing><image><img src="/news/2025/images/0212-dining-community-hero.jpg" alt="Three students sit at a table in Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, enjoying a meal together"/></image><caption>The campus community comes together to enjoy creative dining and good company at Murray-Aikins Dining Hall thanks to the talented (and award-winning) chefs of Skidmore’s Dining Services team.</caption></item>