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April 5, 2018

Get Roasted: A Beginner’s Guide to Coffee Roasts

By Winnie Lam

Get the full coffee experience by broadening your horizons with some coffee roasts knowledge.

April 5, 2018

I Scream! You Scream! We All Scream For Choppa Ice Cream!

By Tiffany Velazquez

Satisfy your sweet tooth with a taste of Choppa's Thai rolled ice cream.

March 26, 2018

85°C Bakery Cafe Brings Sweet and Savory Treats to LA

By Winnie Lam

From Taiwan to the San Gabriel Valley, get a taste of all that 85°C Bakery Cafe has to offer.

March 19, 2018

Eat Nothing White Diet

By Taylor Glastetter

Decide for yourself if the sacrifices are worth the result with this diet.

March 15, 2018

A Week of Being Vegan

By Ingrid Lin

An experiment in determining whether the dining commons can sustain a vegan diet.

March 15, 2018

Legen-Dairy Alternatives

By Rachel Lee

Living dairy free doesn't have to mean the end of the world.

March 15, 2018

3.5 Years a Vegetarian

By Morgan Bakowsky

Buffalo chicken cheese fries or FreeBird's burritos alike, the full UCSB experience means eating meat.

March 14, 2018

A Beginner’s Guide to Disneyland Snacks

By Winnie Lam

Get a taste of the happiest place on Earth with these essential snacks.

March 8, 2018

Your Money, Your Coffee

By Taylor Glastetter

How does your latte purchase really affect the global coffee industry?

March 8, 2018

Hacked: Not Your Mama’s Rice Cooker

By Rachel Lee

How to prepare a luxurious cheesecake using your ordinary rice cooker.

March 8, 2018

The Second Annual Lunar New Year Night Market

By Rachel Lee

A recap of the treats and eats of the Lunar New Year Night Market

March 1, 2018

Grilled Cheese Truck Rolls into New I.V. Residence

By Tiffany Velazquez

The Grilled Cheese Truck is taking its own spin on an American staple.

March 1, 2018

Too Much of a Good Thing

By Calista Liu

Do you really know what's in your cup o’ joe?

February 28, 2018

Aching for the Shamrock Shake?

By Winnie Lam

Get your hands on something that's better than a pot of gold!

February 23, 2018

Meat the Key Ingredient of Dorm Food Cooking: SPAM

By Winnie Lam

Sometimes spam can be a good thing.

February 22, 2018

A Review of the Dining Commons’ Finest

By Rachel Lee

Take a coffee-drinking journey through the dining commons.