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Kumar and an employee chat with a customer. The restaurant is named after Kumar's late brother-in-law, Avatar Ubhi.

Avatar’s matches dishes to customers’ needs

by Prameela Kottapalli, Winged Post Editor-in-Chief August 31, 2018

There's a restaurant in Sausalito, CA, on the bottom floor of a grey building. To the casual passer-by, the exterior appears to be a nondescript storefront, a blue overhang sporting the establishment name–...

Veganism: a closer look

by Irina Malyugina, Photo Editor August 31, 2018

According to the Collins English Dictionary, a vegan “never eats meat or any animal products such as milk, butter, or cheese.” Though both vegetarians and vegans avoid meat, there is a difference:...

Chef Steve mixes vegetables in a bowl after washing them. Though comfort food is often associated with greasy and unhealthy food, Martinez says, “My purpose in naming my
company that was just the notion of food being nourishing and comforting.”

So you wanna be a chef?

by Nina Gee and Anna Vazhaeparambil March 30, 2018

“Never apologize, never explain; if that’s the way it turned out, that’s the way I meant it to be.” This philosophy inspired by his culinary hero, Julia Child, is one that Chef Steve Martinez lives...

Five Guys XLB is a dish with soup dumplings of five different flavors: natural flour skin juicy pork, beets skin fresh beets, squid ink skin black truffle, spinach skin kale and turmeric skin crab roe. Five Guys XLB is one of Koi Palace's most famous dishes.

Koi Palace: Harmony of dim sum and seafood

by Sara Yen, Reporter March 14, 2018

Hastily weaving between tables, uniformly-dressed waiters and waitresses bustle from one group to another to serve the numerous customers that dine at Koi Palace. Laughter among friends and family and...

So you wanna be a poet?

So you wanna be a poet?

by Nina Gee, Reporter March 8, 2018

He brings his hands up in a wild gesticulation, arms spread wide like the wings of an eagle, then sweeps them down, sending a silent wave of charisma crashing across the room. Despite the grandiosity,...

Rather than branding itself as Mediterranean, Asian, or American, Our House prefers to draw on all different types of cuisine to create a fusion of different tastes.

Our House serves wholesome twists on favorites

by Katherine Zhang, Winged Post STEM Editor February 11, 2018

The gloss on the bare wooden tables reflects the dim glow of the hanging bar lights above, complementing the pumpkin-orange walls of San Jose’s Our House. Plants are a motif in the restaurant — a vine-like...

Six new movies to watch in 2018

Six new movies to watch in 2018

by Gloria Zhang, Aquila Asst. Features Editor January 27, 2018

1. Paddington Release date: January 12, 2018 Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Sequel Paddington 2 continues to explore the adventures of the marmalade-loving bear as he finally settles in with the...

Amla Rashingkar (10) speaks English and Marathi with her family. She grew up using Marathi with numbers and math.

Glance into the daily life of a polyglot

by Gloria Zhang, Aquila Asst. Features Editor January 3, 2018

It was 7th grade pre-algebra, where the current topic was basic sequencing with multiplications. One by one, from left to right, the teacher asked each student for the next answer. As my turn drew nearer,...

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

10 classic holiday movies to watch over break

by Helen Yang, Aquila Asst. STEM Editor December 10, 2017

Trying to unwind and get into the holiday spirit? Just grab a hot chocolate, curl up in some blankets and choose a Christmas classic to watch with your family. Whether you’ve never seen them before or...

A tinsel-and-ornaments-adorned Christmas Tree brings a festive feeling into a classroom. Many students in these few weeks will be participating in Secret Santa gift-giving.

Secret Santa or Santa Claus?

by Varsha Rammohan, Reporter December 6, 2017

Bright lights adorn the ceiling in Main, teachers put up trees in their classrooms and students flock to Manzanita for a cup of hot cocoa. Students bring out their fuzzy jackets and boots, Christmas music...

So you wanna be a ballroom dancer?

So you wanna be a ballroom dancer?

by Farah Hosseini, Reporter November 16, 2017

While training in California, professional ballroom dancer Andrea Faraci found himself in need of a dance partner and finally got a response after reaching out to his teachers back in Italy. The wife of...

Annual "Turkey Trot" promotes spirit of giving

Annual “Turkey Trot” promotes spirit of giving

by Jin Tuan and Varsha Rammohan November 16, 2017

Dressed in iconic Turkey Trot shirts, a mass of runners crowd the starting line, rub their palms together and prepare to run in the chilly hours of Thanksgiving morning. The annual Applied Materials...

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