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The Scoop: Recent Food News

January 16, 2025 by

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

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

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 and

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

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 18, 2024 by

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 18, 2024 by

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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Holiday cheer salad: a recipe to remember

November 7, 2024 by

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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Hochaya: a refreshing boba experience

November 7, 2024 by

Nestled just off Hollister Avenue in Goleta, Hochaya is a boba shop that stands out for its delightful drinks and friendly staff. The menu offers a variety of boba options, showcasing both classic and...
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Trick or treat: drink edition

October 31, 2024 by and

Happy Halloween Gauchos! With our favorite holiday just around the corner, we have concocted some hauntingly-mouthwatering cocktails and mocktails to get in the Halloween state of mind. Afterall, what...
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Recipe for Chicken Flautas

October 31, 2024 by

In the heart of my childhood home, the kitchen was always alive with the sounds of sizzling and laughter. On Sundays, the delightful aroma of frying tortillas would beckon us, drawing my family to the...
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Pumpkin Spice & everything nice: Santa Barbara’s best PSLs

October 24, 2024 by

Happy fall quarter Gauchos! It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Pumpkin Spice Latte season! Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte made its debut back in October 2003, and in the 21 years since ...
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Celebrate October’s Food Holidays in I.V.

October 24, 2024 by

October is a fruitful month when it comes to food: we eat squashes and pumpkins, Halloween candy, drink Pumpkin Spice Lattes and cook cozy comfort meals such as soups. October has certainly understood...
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Everything I ate on my 31-hour Amtrak journey

October 17, 2024 by

Yes, you read that correctly, 31 whole hours on a train! I discovered Amtrak’s Coastal Starlight route via TikTok and I was instantly intrigued. My roommate Sophia is originally from Seattle and she...
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Maria’s Tacos: bringing authentic Mexican flavors and community to Isla Vista

October 17, 2024 by

Since opening in June 2023, Maria’s Tacos has been serving authentic and affordable dishes hailing from Mexico to locals and visitors of Isla Vista. The owner, Maria Mayo, shared insights about the ...
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