Category: Food and Dining

STUDENT’S HEALTHY BREAKFAST RECIPE TO BE FEATURED IN LAUSD’S 2013-2014 MENU

STUDENT’S HEALTHY BREAKFAST RECIPE TO BE FEATURED IN LAUSD’S 2013-2014 MENU

The Recipe Selected Among 200 Entries from LAUSD Students LOS ANGELES — Panorama High School 9th Grader Guadalupe Gonzales will be eating breakfast more often at the school cafeteria come this fall.  That’s because her healthy recipe for Breakfast Fruit Puff, which is a whole grain puff that is filled with seasonal fruit, won Los Angeles [...]

2013/05/02 More
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LAUSD STUDENT’S WINNING BREAKFAST RECIPE TO BE FEATURED IN NEXT YEAR’S CAFETERIA MENU

LAUSD Launches Breakfast Recipe Contest for National School Breakfast Week LOS ANGELES — In honor of National School Breakfast Week (Mar. 4-8, 2013), Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is launching a Breakfast Recipe Contest in search of the next student-inspired dish to start the morning right.  Sponsored by the District’s “I’M IN” campaign, an all-inclusive [...]

2013/03/05 More
Pechanga Resort & Casino give away $100,000 “Lucky Red Envelope” for Lunar New Year

Pechanga Resort & Casino give away $100,000 “Lucky Red Envelope” for Lunar New Year

In celebration of the Lunar New Year, Pechanga Resort & Casino will be holding numerous of New Year celebration events. To enhance the festive mood on property, Pechanga promotes the “Blackjack, Pai Gow Poker and Baccarat Table Games Prize Drawings” and the “Lucky Red Envelope” drawing. From Monday, February 4th to Friday, February 22nd, at [...]

2013/02/16 More
Happy New Year, Happy Eating!

Happy New Year, Happy Eating!

SO LA by Jannelle So It’s the New Year; but please allow me to veer away from the norm. So while everyone is talking about getting in shape and shedding off those unwanted pounds generated by holiday parties and get-togethers, let me tell you about more eating and enjoying it more. Because taking it from [...]

2013/01/07 More
Walgreens Look Boutique cosmetics section in Hollywood. (Photo: Business Wire)

Walgreens opens flagship store in Hollywood

On December 1st, Walgreens welcomed the public to the official opening of its 8,000th store, which also happened to be its flagship location on the West Coast. The store features a modern, revolutionary style, one that, in conjunction with its iconic location on the corner of Sunset and Vine, creates a truly unique experience and look. [...]

2012/12/08 More
Thanksgiving Day Dishes

Thanksgiving Day Dishes

Cranberry Sausage Classic Dressing Corn Bread Stuffing (Family Features) Turkey and stuffing are Thanksgiving Day must-haves, but not everyone makes them the same way. When it comes to stuffing, where you live might make a difference in how you make it. According to a new survey by Mrs. Cubbison’s Kitchen in Los Angeles, celery and [...]

2012/11/19 More
Cristeta Comerford, chef of the USA's White House, attending a "Chef des Chefs Club" (CCC) press conference at the Plaza Athenee Palace on July 23, 2012 in Paris
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One chef, one ingredient: the chef to the White House talks garlic

(Relaxnews) – If you are what you eat, then it could be said that chefs are what they cook. In an exclusive series from Relaxnews, some of the top chefs from around the world share their favorite food ingredient to prepare and eat, every week. Whether it be peas, apricots, or sea urchin, the answers [...]

2012/11/05 More
Walter Scheib, Former White House Executive Chef

LAUSD’S “I’M IN” CAMPAIGN CELEBRATES GOOD FOOD IN LOS ANGELES

Board Member Nury Martinez Pledges Good Food Procurement Practices in the District   LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) “I’M IN” campaign, an all-inclusive program designed to raise awareness about the District’s healthy meals to help fight childhood obesity and to encourage student attendance, is proud to support Board District Six Member Nury [...]

2012/10/28 More
Scare Up Some Fun with a Graveyard Bash

Scare Up Some Fun with a Graveyard Bash

Back From the Grave Cake Spooky Pop Cupcakes Popcorn Ball Monsters Monsters on Parade Pretzels Peanut Butter 3D Sandwich Cookies Ghostly Graveyard Cookies (Family Features) Be the ghostess with the mostess this Halloween, and throw a wickedly wonderful celebration. The entertaining experts from the Wilton Test Kitchen know all the tricks and offer plenty of [...]

2012/10/26 More
Pinoy karaoke night at Niko Niko Sushi Cerritos on Thursdays

Pinoy karaoke night at Niko Niko Sushi Cerritos on Thursdays

You browse thru the numbers from a booklet. You pick the song that’s dear to you and because it brings memories of your long forgotten happy or sometimes lonely days. You enter the numbers and then you press enter on the wireless microphone that will play the song of your choice. You wait for your [...]

2012/10/20 More