On May 28, a cooking project in a Westford Academy Spanish III Honors class left five students with minor burns after hot oil popped while churros were being fried. The incident happened during a three-day cooking assignment where students were required to research a traditional food from a Spanish-speaking...

Whether it's regular pumpkin pie or a different variation of a pumpkin flavored sweet, everyone loves a fall themed treat around the holidays. Here is a list of seven different pumpkin treats to have around Thanksgiving. 1. Pumpkin Pie A classic recipe including pumpkin is a simple pumpkin...

Jugs upon jugs of maple syrup line the shelves of grocery stores waiting to be plucked off, purchased, and poured over pancakes. It is not often that the hard work necessary to harvest this sweet syrup crosses hungry diners’ minds. Many never experience the time-consuming process that sugarmakers go...

Bravo TV's “Top Chef” is one of the most watched cooking shows in the United States. Millions tune in to the competition, watching both professional and home chefs participate in intense challenges and interact with some of the nation’s most revered culinary experts. WA business teacher, yearbook...

At the beginning of the pandemic, many students turned to the internet to occupy themselves during quarantine. One application that grew exponentially because of this was TikTok, an app that allows people to share short videos and create content of varying topics. Among the creators with substantial...

Cooking with Julie is a free cooking program offered at the JV Fletcher Library for teens and tweens. It runs from February 4th to April 8th from 3:30-4:30 pm and teaches you how to make a variety of dishes. Some are dinners for one, and other dishes are for the whole family. I attended the first class...