This is a rotisserie chicken that my family always gets from Costco about once every other week. This chicken is great to get because it tastes great and you can make many things from it. What I always do when we get this is I take a hamburger or hotdog bun, cut the chicken up, then put the chicken on and cover it in hot sauce. The first time we had gotten this was a few years ago when we all wanted pizza but my mom and dad wanted something else and they had found this which turned out to be really good and we have been eating it for so long now.-Albert D

Nadimul Haque Mrs. Hoagland Culinary 4.29.13 April Blog A few weeks ago, I went to Patterson, New Jersey. Patterson is a place with many diverse cultures. One section of the town is predominantly Latino, then another section would be mostly Chinese, and others, for the most part, Indian or south Asian. I went to the Arab side of the town to go have some dinner with a few of my relatives. After a great dinner filled with grilled chicken, steak, lamb chops, rice, and tons and tons of hummus, we went out to find a store in Patterson that exclusively sells deserts and sweets. At that place (I forgot the name) they served sweets and deserts like it was its own buffet. I got this one thing called a Jalebi. A jalebi is a really popular sweet/desert that looks like a thinner version of a pretzel, but surrounds itself with more and more layers. It’s made by deep frying wheat batter, putting it in a pretzel like shape, and then dipping it into sugar syrup. I’ve had quite the share of Jalebi’s in my life, but none like this one. This one was completely a square with no holes or anything in the middle, but it had a layer of tomato/pasta sauce and cheese on it. It looked and smelt good, but before I ate it, I couldn’t imagine it being tasty at all. Once I took a bite, I felt the freshness and the weird but complimenting tastes it had.

Over April break my family and I went to Hershey Park, but more importantly, Philadelphia. While in Philadelphia, we went to Reading Terminal Market and Franklin Fountain. In Reading Terminal Market, there are so many places you can get food, from all different places in the country and the world. Of course, I had to get a Philly cheese steak since we were in Philly. I had never had a cheese steak before so I knew if I was going to get the best I might get it. It was the best cheese steak I ever had (seeing as though I had never had one before. Then, we went to Franklin Fountain, which is a famous old-time ice cream parlor featured on Man vs. Food. We got the Mount Vesuvius, which is 3 scoops of vanilla ice cream with brownie chunks topped with whipped cream, hot fudge, and malt powder. It was the best ice cream I ever have.

Nicole O Food at UCONN Whenever I visit my sister at college one of my favorite things is going to the café. My sister goes to the University of Connecticut and the dorm that she is in just got a new café last year and it is seriously amazing. Most of the other cafes are just like your usual high school cafeteria but this one is different. This new one really focuses on international food so there’s so much exotic and different foods than your average college student would usually have. One of my favorites that they had there was the Chinese food, but that is probably just because I love Chinese food. All the food was cooked there so it was so fresh and delicious. One time I was there in the morning and my sister and I went to the omelet bar. The omelet bar is just like a salad bar but for omelets. First you get a little cup and fill it up with everything that you want in your omelet such as vegetables or meats, then you chose your type of cheese that you want. Next, you give your cup to one of the chiefs and tell them if you want an egg white or whole egg omelet and they make it right in front of you! The omelet that I had there was seriously the best omelet I’ve ever had! Another food you can get is flat bread pizza. There is a big pizza oven right in the middle of the dining hall so you can actually watch the pizza being made if you want to. There is always regular cheese pizza and then a special of the day. When I got pizza from there the special was pizza with mozzarella cheese and spinach and it was amazing! Overall, I would highly recommend eating at that dining hall if you are ever at UCONN. I don’t know the exact name of it but it is right in the middle of campus and it is seriously worth the trip up to UCONN. You won’t regret it I promise!

Over Spring Break, me and my family went to Las Vegas. It was one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. We stayed in the strip, in the MGM Grand Hotel. It was such a beautiful, and fun experience to see all the different sights there. We ate out every single day at a different spot each time. I remember one of my favorite places called Blizz. It was a cute little froyo place that served froyo, and yummy breakfast foods. Me my mom and Riley all got mouthwatering crepes. I got the classic banana nutella crepe, my mom got the banana strawberry nutella crepe, and Riley got the apple crepe. This was hands down one of the best breakfast's I've ever had in my life, and the best part about it is that I can easily make it myself! Jurnee M