Monday, June 30

On-campus bake-off heats up as students compete, taste innovative treats

Zach Martinucci named each batch of his sourdough bread after the characters in the TV show “Westworld” – Abernathy, Bernard and Maeve. Maeve – a rosemary sourdough loaf with roasted pumpkin seeds, polenta and olive oil – was one of the two breads the fourth-year anthropology student featured at “Spoon UCLA: The Great College Bake Off,” hosted by Spoon University on Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: Students tried different baked goods Tuesday at “The Great College Bake Off,” a baking competition hosted by the UCLA chapter of Spoon University in Dickson Court. (Angie Ruiz/Daily Bruin)


Club cooks up kosher cuisine for Shabbat dinners

Thursday evenings are meal prep nights for Elisa Gurevich. Last week, the co-director of Chabad House at UCLA set a large stainless-steel bowl filled with bread dough onto a long wooden table in her family’s Westwood townhouse. Read more...

Photo: The students braided balls of dough into loaves of challah bread to prepare for the Jewish day of rest. (Hannah Burnett/Daily Bruin)


A Taste for Adventure: Silkworm soup flavor surprises, texture proves to be deal-breaker

Los Angeles brings together cultures and cuisine from all around the world. The city’s markets and restaurants offer menus that may be a little different from the typical dining hall menu. Read more...

Photo: Mok Maru Jong Sul Jip, a bar in Koreatown, serves silkworm soup off the menu. The silkworms had a firm exterior and a grainy interior. (Matthew Fernandez/Daily Bruin staff)



A Taste for Adventure: Comparing the pungent aromas of jackfruit, durian

Los Angeles brings together cultures and cuisine from all around the world. The city’s markets and restaurants offer menus that may be a little different from the typical dining hall menu. Read more...

Photo: The meat of the durian fruit comes in yellow pods, which have a light, crispy outer skin and a gooey inside. Durian is sold at the Seafood City supermarket for $15. (Hannah Johnson/Daily Bruin)


Students showcase classic swimsuit trends at Sunset Recreation

The grassy lawn by the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center pool is a prime location for students to flaunt their new swimsuit styles while soaking up the sun. Read more...

Photo: First-year biology student Emma Cole (left) and first-year environmental science student Emma Stanfield (right) wore simple bikinis with colorful designs – a classic swimsuit trend. (Anisha Joshi/Daily Bruin)


Student designers, models step up to the runway for FAST fashion show

Taylor McGee’s fingers have been bleeding a lot in the past few days. She’s been hand-embroidering five of her 11 original fashion pieces. The third-year psychology student joined the Fashion and Student Trends club last year, and will be presenting her designs, along with about 70 other student designers and models, at the annual FAST at UCLA 2017 Runway Show on Friday in Pauley Pavilion. Read more...

Photo: Second-year computer science student Minnie Tu is a self-taught fashion designer and will present six designs this year in the Fashion and Student Trends fashion show. Some of her work includes skirts, tops and dresses made of vinyl and flowy fabrics. (Hannah Burnett/Daily Bruin)



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