The Urban Legend

Cozy in the kitchen: Winter foods

Dawson Hoe, Managing Editor, Online & Opinions Editor • February 6, 2023

Tobias Classen’s ‘23 Favorite Winter Food: FRIED PLANTAINS Ingredients: Plantains Approx. three tbsp Vegetable Oil Instructions: 1. Get ripe plantains (when they are fresh, they take about...

Recipes Chef David is thankful for

Simon Hereford, Features editor • November 18, 2021

Urban’s own Chef David shares his Thanksgiving favorites and reflects on what the holiday means to him. “Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because families [and] friends can get together and be...

La Cocina strives for representation in the food industry

Katherine Weltzien, Staff Writer • May 30, 2017

White workers hold 81 percent of United States restaurant management positions, and “a disproportionate amount of these male,” according to a survey of 133 fine dining restaurants by the Restaurant...

Mark Salkind: The man behind the building

Emma Draisin, Staff Writer and Features Editor • February 8, 2017

“If you had asked me when I was 14 years old, would I end up being a high school principal, I would have looked at you and said, ‘are you kidding?’” Head of the Urban School of San...