Every year our family looks forward to making this aromatic, woodsy pumpkin loaf. A warm slice of this loaf goes well with a hot cup of tea. Although you may be used to dry and dense gluten free baked...
Soft and chewy, chocolate crinkle cookies coated in powdered sugar are perfect for the holidays. These rich and fudgy crinkle cookies require minimal ingredients and can be whipped up fairly quickly. After...
Every winter, the kumquat tree in my backyard sprouts hundreds of little orange fruits, more than my family could ever finish in a couple months. So a few years ago, my mom decided to start making kumquat...
Each year, I look forward to making molasses cookies with my mom. The warm, chewy blend of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar—and of course, molasses—in each bite tastes like a comforting affirmation...
From crispy potato latkes to dark chocolate gelt, Hanukkah has plenty of delicious foods to offer, but sufganiyot tops them all. Sufganiyot are jelly doughnuts topped with a generous amount of powdered...
Ilena M., Editor, Former Editor in Chief, Columnist
“When winter break starts and you have some time,” my mom informed me, “you’re making granola.”
Ever since I invented it during quarantine, this sweet-and-savory granola recipe has been...
The older I get, the more I realize I should be spending December gyrating to Michael Buble. Instead, I spend most of my December wishing my brain cells didn’t ascend to the astral plane at a time when...
Ilena M., Editor, Former Editor in Chief, Columnist
Last August, as the newly minted Managing Editor of Spyglass, I met my Editor-in-Chief, Katie S., and our faculty adviser, Masami Hansen, at a South Pasadena Starbucks to brainstorm some big goals for...
What do you do when you have deep thoughts you want to share with the Westridge community? Or when you notice an important viewpoint was left out of a story? Or when you want to add a new perspective to...
It’s Valentine’s Day—I know when you think of Valentine’s Day, you automatically think of Spyglass’s Valentine’s Day Etc. collection. What started last year as an informal class activity in...
When I think of Ramadan, I always think of my dad’s katayif. He’s been making them all his life for himself, me, and my brother every Ramadan. His mom used to make them for him back in Cairo, and he’s...
My great-grandpa created this recipe, and my grandpa continued it, making it during the holiday times when my dad was young. My grandpa was an avid baker, and he often experimented with new recipes. However,...
![Dr. Zanita Kelly, Director of Lower and Middle School, pictured above, and the rest of Westridge Administration were instrumental to providing Westridge faculty and staff the support they needed after the Eaton fire. "[Teachers] are part of the community," said Dr. Kelly. "Just like our families and students."](https://westridgespyglass.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dr.-kellyyy-1-e1748143600809.png)
