T.K. Pillan was on the hunt for convenient plant-based food when he came up with the idea for Veggie Grill. The UCLA alumnus co-founded the entirely plant-based restaurant in 2006, when films about unhealthy foods such as “Fast Food Nation” and “Super Size Me” started to grow in popularity, Pillan said. Combined with a statistic […]
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Spook City: Hike through ‘haunted’ forest proves more pleasant than petrifying
Los Angeles is supposed to be the City of Stars, but once those stars fade, where do they go? Do they stay behind, forever attached to their final location, spooking guests who dare to enter their domain? Or do they just simply disappear? Each week, Daily Bruin columnist Eli Countryman will set out to discover […]
Natural products take the cake in alumna’s food-ingredient brand
Ashley Phelps and her siblings were not allowed to eat anything unhealthy growing up. She would go to birthday parties but could never eat the cakes, owing to the fact that they contained artificial dyes. The UCLA alumna is now the owner and founder of ColorKitchen, a brand that sells food coloring, sprinkles and cake […]
Family-run coffee shop’s daily grind serves cozy ambience to local customers
Theresa Enriquez transformed a farmhouse into a coffee shop. The alumna and owner of Heritage Coffee in Oxnard, California, runs the business with her husband and sons, hoping the store will reflect its location in Ventura County. Though Oxnard might not be known for it’s independent coffee scene, Enriquez said she wanted to create a […]
Artist’s exhibition captures interplay between pleasure, tension
This post was updated Oct. 11 at 6:26 p.m. Jo Ann Callis doesn’t produce images of everyday life. Instead, she said her photographs depict a state of mind, creating a metaphor for feelings. The UCLA alumna’s latest exhibition, “Now and Then,” is on display at ROSEGALLERY in Santa Monica until Nov. 24. It includes never-before-seen […]
Sugarcoated: The Baked Bear delights with its flashy decor and dangerously sweet offerings
In an era where dessert is often evaluated by its Instagram potential, Los Angeles shines as one of the world’s premier cities for sweet treats. Join Daily Bruin staffers each week as they visit different dessert joints, going behind the scenes to give you an exclusive look into the creation of trending sugary concoctions. A […]
Spook City: Ghost stories elevate otherwise unremarkable experience at Bullocks Wilshire
Los Angeles is supposed to be the City of Stars, but once those stars fade, where do they go? Do they stay behind, forever attached to their final location, spooking guests who dare to enter their domain? Or do they just simply disappear? Each week, Daily Bruin columnist Eli Countryman will set out to discover […]