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Dinner for Two: A Valentine’s Day Cooking Adventure

February 13, 2025 by Nina Timofeyeva

Why not celebrate this holiday with your significant other by having a romantic dinner you cooked together?
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Ai Cha: bringing new options to IV

February 10, 2025 by Nina Timofeyeva

You might have heard of the robots taking over Isla Vista. Or maybe you’ve walked past the Ai Cha storefront and personally seen the claw-machine-looking gadget encased in a pink box machine. In eit...
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The only vegan mac and cheese you’ll ever need (and actually want to eat)

February 4, 2025 by Alicia Taylor-Sabine

In light (or should I say dark) of the cold Isla Vista nights, there comes a time when you have to stop ordering takeout and dive into a new recipe. This hearty pasta dish will leave you more than sat...
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When ice cream gets involved in politics

February 1, 2025 by Nina Timofeyeva

The famed ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s began posting videos and announcements supporting social justice, environmental and other causes in the days surrounding the inauguration, Martin Lu...
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Everything but the kitchen sink sandwich recipe

January 23, 2025 by Pihu Jain

This sandwich certainly packs a powerful, flavorful punch and is sure to fill your belly for hours on end.
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The Soup Chronicles: A comprehensive guide to the perfect vegetable soup

January 23, 2025 by Sneha Cheenath

The Soup Chronicles: A comprehensive guide to the perfect vegetable soup I moved into my Isla Vista apartment in June 2023 for the summer session after my freshman year. My roommates were only joining...
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New year, new pasta salad

January 20, 2025 by Pihu Jain

As the new year begins, I find myself looking back on my food favorites of 2024. The late-night kimchi fried rice and grilled cheeses were up there, but it was the truckloads of pasta that sust...
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The Scoop: Recent Food News

January 16, 2025 by Nina Timofeyeva

In case you haven’t been keeping up, here is the top food-related news so far in this new year.
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Super Antioxidant Tea Recipe

January 16, 2025 by Pihu Jain

This recipe is highly colorful, refreshing and energizing early in the morning, with cooling effects that are much to be desired as the weather (hopefully) starts to get warmer.
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2024 in Cookies

December 29, 2024 by Nina Timofeyeva

While holiday cookies are often shaped like Christmas trees, presents, snowflakes and other holiday-themed imagery, this year I encourage you to explore other silly shapes to reflect on what a year 20...
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A Santa Barbara gem: La Super Rica Taqueria

November 21, 2024 by Stella Rhodes and Piper Cheney

In a charming neighborhood northeast of downtown Santa Barbara, sits a bright blue taqueria. The enticing building is none other than the famous La Super Rica Taqueria. The restaurant was founded on M...
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Potato au gratin

November 21, 2024 by Tawama Rai

This recipe is ideal for special events, but it also serves as the ultimate comfort meal! Creamy potatoes, velvety cream and melty cheese is never a bad idea — unless you’re on a diet. Even so...
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Spice up your life with these fiery-peanut noodles

November 21, 2024 by Pihu Jain

Everyone has a vice that gets them through the winter months, whether that be pumpkin spice lattes, chai, a favorite scarf or a partridge in a pear tree, you know the stuff. For me, I especially lean ...
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Panino: Your Next Best Sandwich

November 21, 2024 by Nina Timofeyeva

On a warm, sunny autumn afternoon this weekend, I made my way through downtown Santa Barbara towards my long-awaited destination. I had heard stories from some friends that around this area exists a s...
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