Tagged: food

Hungry? Leave the Lunchbox at Home

For most students, cafeteria school food may conjure up some less than ideal memories of long lines for mediocre elementary school “food.” If this doesn’t ring a bell; think suspicious mystery meat accompanied with bland boiled veggies and a bag of chocolate milk (yes, a bag). When you first...

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Food Guide: Uncovering Different Cultures In Your Own Backyard

by Mekhela Ghebrehiwet The best part of getting to know a new culture is experiencing their food. Food is a language everyone speaks and it’s a way you can communicate with someone’s background without having to know and understand their language.  Supporting minority-owned businesses helps the culture by investing...

Meet your Meat: Restaurant review of The Meat Cellar

The Meat Cellar, a butcher shop and cafe located in the heart of Claremont, celebrated its first year in business. The atmosphere and food selection is sure to please anyone’s palate.   The interior of the cafe immediately draws you in with the art on the walls, including those...

Review: Luscious Dumplings

Luscious Dumplings in San Gabriel is a popular Chinese restaurant specializing in dumplings and noodle soups. From the exterior, the restaurant looks inadequate and the interior matches this, but rest assured the food meets expectations. On a Tuesday night, around 6 p.m., it was quite busy. Every table was...

Coffee & Karma: Feature on Jonny Liu of Mantra Coffee

Coffee is mankind’s survival juice. A go getter companion for early mornings and go to for late nights alike. Americanos and macchiatos fuel us through our busy days. For Jonny Liu, owner of Mantra Coffee Company and self proclaimed coffee connoisseur, coffee goes far beyond the mere mid-day caffeine...

The French Connection: Cream Puffs

  Choux à la crème (Cream Puffs) Recipe 3 large eggs 1 cup of flour a pinch of salt ½ cup plus 1 Tablespoon milk ½ cup water 1 Tablespoon of sugar ½ cup butter 1 can/container of a favorite whipped cream Optional: Fresh berries of your choice chocolate hazelnut...