Bagels with cream cheese, cottage cheese, grilled cheese, Red Bull and rosé wine, chocolate chip cookies and chocolate chip ice cream, chocolate cupcakes and caramel lattes, Clif Bars and heading to bars for fully liquid meals. Copied from the anonymous food diaries of Columbia students—including my own—these surprisingly candid confessionals offer an intimate peek into college life. Keeping a food diary for even a single day can reveal dietary idiosyncrasies and long-standing eating habits: formal meals and shameful snacks share space on the same page.
