Holiday cheer salad: a recipe to remember

November 7, 2024 by Pihu Jain

I don’t know about you, but the moment the clock strikes midnight on Nov. 1, it’s “White Christmas” and hot cocoa all the way until Jan. 1 (honestly, most years I even start in August, but tha...
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Your new favorite fall drink: Café de Olla

October 10, 2024 by Pihu Jain

The weather recently in Isla Vista has been the harbinger of spooky season: foggy, eerie, the windshields misted with cold, gray air that blankets all, every corner dark and menacing, always looking o...
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Strawberry Avocado Toast: A Summer Delight

July 18, 2024 by Pihu Jain

Whenever I wake to the sweet smell of coffee and a ruckus in the kitchen, it only means one thing: dad is cooking. My father has a flair for the dramatic. Though he is a quiet man, he certainly...
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California Strawberry Festival

May 23, 2024 by Pihu Jain

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the California Strawberry Festival, located in the Ventura County Fairgrounds not more than 45 minutes from UCSB. The festival’s roots can be trace...
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OTM presents: a collection of family recipes for Mother’s Day

May 9, 2024 by Abigail Monti, Urmi Mandal, Nina Timofeyeva and Pihu Jain

In preparation for Mother’s Day — coming up on Sunday, May 12 — On the Menu writers came together to compile a list of our favorite family recipes.
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Nimbu pani, for a simply refreshing time

May 2, 2024 by Pihu Jain

Something deep within my memory was unlocked after months of dormancy as I sipped on nimbu pani (which translates to “lime water” and is the Indian version of limeade) at the Apna Indian Kitchen r...
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Colorful and carefree: a recipe for chuski and a smile

April 18, 2024 by Pihu Jain

Chuski (or gola, depending on what part of India you’re from), is something akin to shaved ice. It reminds me of the summers of my youth, one hand in my nana’s, the other sticky with sweet syrup a...
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Bananas today, gone tomorrow?

February 15, 2024 by Pihu Jain

Layers. Multiple of them can be found in onions, people, paint on walls … too complicated, a lot to reveal, often deceptive once you chip away at them. But you know what is almost exactly what i...
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Bowltober: Dank Bowl Kitchen offers discount to celebrate 10th Anniversary

October 26, 2023 by Pihu Jain

In a clever celebratory and promotional scheme, Dank Bowl Kitchen released a $10 deal for all bowls in the month of October, also known as Bowltober, to celebrate its 10-year anniversary.
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Spice Up Your Life with these Red Chili Fries!

October 12, 2023 by Pihu Jain

My favorite comfort dish, weaponized by my mother to win my affection every chance she gets, are red chili fries.
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Ranking UCSB’s most vegetarian-friendly dining halls

August 24, 2023 by Pihu Jain

Pihu Jain reflects on her freshman dining hall experiences in an effort to determine which UCSB dining hall is the best for vegetarians.
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Seaweed & Sriracha rice: In leftovers we trust

May 11, 2023 by Pihu Jain

Below is the curated, latest version of my favorite, and only, recipe I’ve ever concocted.
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Happy accidents: the trials and tribulations in the search for artificial sweeteners

April 27, 2023 by Pihu Jain

Stevia. Splenda. Equal. All are traditionally recognized as artificial sweeteners, found in every Starbucks and every Dunkin Donuts. But did you know that many of these sweeteners were discovered by a...
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