My family and I love dates. Whether we drink them with tea for dessert or include them in recipes for natural sweetness, dates are a staple in my house, especially during the holidays. When I was ten years...
The best meal I ever had was Christmas dinner in 2020. Covid and online learning were stressing me out, but winter break was my time to de-stress. During the break, I helped my mom prepare a big meal for...
While this is a simple meal that can be made any day, each year me and my family make sure that this staple piece is on the table ready to eat and warm our hearts with its rich flavor.
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In the winter (or, I suppose, at any time in general), I find myself often craving something sweet and manageable to procure on impulse. Enter: matcha latte cookies. These cookies, although seemingly...
Although my dad is the designated baker of the family, baking new types of cookies or cakes each week, this is one recipe that we always love making together. Although we’ve made the cake several times...
My family is a box mix cake type of family. Other than the store bought goods that we buy, any ‘homemade’ goods usually end up being the just-add-water type of treats. However, a few years ago, we...
My Asian family has always celebrated the holidays with our own traditions. For example, we substitute turkey on Thanksgiving with chicken and hot chocolate with tea. However, on Lunar New Year, the adults...
My family loves potatoes all year round, but during the holidays, my mom loves to experiment with new recipes that involve using potatoes! My mom made this dish for Thanksgiving dinner this year, and it...
When my grandparents first came to this country, they met some Americans from Chicago who eventually became their best friends. They introduced this dish, the watergate salad, to them at their first Thanksgiving...
We are in the thick of the holiday season and Winter Break is quickly approaching—this is a time of intense stress, but there is light peeking out at the end of the tunnel. When we return from break,...
Throughout November, Westridge students in the Lower, Middle, and Upper School all donated over 1500 cans and boxes of food, baby formula, and other necessities requested by Friends in Deed, a non-profit...
![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)
