Some of the most healthy foods that can be found on this planet are unique fruits that resemble the dragon fruit. They vary in size and shape, but have many health benefiting qualities. So what exactly is a Dragon Fruit? Often called a pitaya, the dragon fruit has a hot pink coloration, with green tips that have a scale-like appearance and a funky look . This odd-looking … [Read more...] about The Dragon From Back Home
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What the Pho? The Growing Trend of Pho Eating Contests
So the other day as I was doing my five mile run on the treadmill, I noticed the Food Network channel displaying over my head. The first thing I thought to myself was, “Why is it that gym tends to showcase food channels?” I suppose it’s a bit masochistic on my part to watch that glistening warm apple pie coming out of that hot oven, or that drizzling hot fudge trickling down … [Read more...] about What the Pho? The Growing Trend of Pho Eating Contests
Spotlight on Vietnamese American: David Loc Tran on a Journey Led by Pho
David watched as his mentor, Hung, lay on the hospital bed like a shriveled plant long past its vital days. Wet footprints from the rain marked the floor beneath. Around them, patients lay along the walls of the hospital in open air--some in movable steel beds and others on bamboo mats rested flatly on the ground; it was an unfit place for a hero to spend his last dying … [Read more...] about Spotlight on Vietnamese American: David Loc Tran on a Journey Led by Pho
UPDATE: Body Found Identified as Michelle Le
The body that was discovered Saturday morning in Niles Canyon has been confirmed to be that of missing nursing student Michelle Le. A search party, the eighth one organized since she went missing in May, located her remains, which were decomposed beyond identification. It wasn’t clear at the time whether the body belonged to a man or a woman. Le was found in a remote area near … [Read more...] about UPDATE: Body Found Identified as Michelle Le
Fox Sports: Slightly Racist or Really Racist?
Maybe I'm overreacting. A white comedian interviewing Asian students from USC who have accents, that's actually funny, right? Am I just not finding the humor in this piece? Fox Sports’ Bob Oschack starts off the segment saying, “Let’s give the conference’s two newest members a good old-fashioned all-American welcome by paying a visit to one of its oldest members.” Then, he … [Read more...] about Fox Sports: Slightly Racist or Really Racist?