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Freshii is a new healthy eating franchise that promotes the motto “Eat. Energize.” Now open in the Student Union Building at Baylor, the eatery originally opened its first location in Toronto, Canada.

The coffee in Waco just got a little bit better.

Dichotomy Coffee & Spirits, which ran out of Croft Art Gallery for the past year, finally opened its doors last week at its own official storefront on Austin Avenue in downtown Waco.

The specialty coffee shop, which also serves food and alcoholic beverages, was founded with the mindset of bringing a high-grade product to its customers while giving them a comfortable, unique environment in which to enjoy it.

With Thanksgiving rapidly approaching, there is one thing that really puts people into the autumn spirit: pumpkin.

Pumpkins are no longer just for decorations and pie. It seems like during the fall season, pumpkin-flavored things are everywhere, and people are loving it.

For some, Thanksgiving means turkey and stretch pants, but for others, it means despair and hunger.

Dave’s Burger Barn, located on 600 N Patricia St. is working to help those families. “We will be opening the restaurant doors to anyone in need who would like a free traditional Thanksgiving meal,” Tim Quiroz, owner and operator of Dave’s Burger Barn, said. “Food will be offered from 11 to 2 p.m.”

Beside cake balls and fancy cupcakes, macarons have become a trendy and unique way to satisfy a sweet tooth. Pinterest is obnoxiously full of recipes for these little sweeties ranging from traditional flavors to seasonal favorites.

A favorite French confection, the macaron is a meringue-based sandwich filled with either a cream or jelly.

The first thought that comes to many people’s mind when thinking of Halloween is candy. We have all done it. Eat piles and piles of candy and later regretted it.

People love Halloween and all the yummy treats, but many feel so unhealthy afterward.

Who says the treat can’t be healthy? Here are some Halloween treats that you can enjoy without all the guilt.

Baylor gardeners are using a Baylor alum-produced documentary to motivate students to get active in solving hunger issues in Waco.

“We’ve been wanting to reach the community more and have a collaboration for a joint effort to stop hunger in Waco,” Elizabeth Ross said.

With homecoming weekend upon us, I searched for the perfect dip to serve at a tailgate event or game watch party at home. The Velveeta and Ro-Tel snoozer is a classic but overdone, and I needed something to wow.

However, the recipe I found is a bit more sweet than savory.

As the weather cools down outside, I love to crank the heat up in my oven with an unending supply of fall-inspired baked goods and treats.

This week, I chose black velvet whoopie pies with orange filling. While I mostly opt for creative ways to cook with cinnamon or pumpkin spices, this Halloween recipe made for a spooky-sweet change to the usual pumpkin loaf.

Curious about the name, I found through research that these treats are native to the Amish and New England culture. From traditional chocolate to seasonal pumpkin, the name for these cream-filled goodies spawn from the reaction people gave upon finding one in their lunch box.

Tread lightly: This recipe is almost as addicting as the stuff it spoofs.

With the series finale of “Breaking Bad” set for Sunday, “Heisenburg’s Blue Sky Candy” is the perfect way to nurse the imminent withdrawals following the show’s curtain call.

While there’s plenty to see around Baylor’s property, attractions await in the city that holds its campus. From local eats to stadium seats, the city of Waco is filled with enough Texan culture and history to please any visitor.

For Family Weekend, The Lariat has compiled a list of interesting things for visiting families to do and see around the city while enjoying the company of their Baylor Bear.

Rarely do pins with unique ingredients or unconventional methods of baking actually become more than a failed noble attempt to make a sweet treat.

This cookie was the best exception to that norm I’ve ever encountered.

A conglomerate of chewy caramel and rich Nutella goodness swirls around in the brownie-like crust that holds it together.

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet—that is, unless it’s in pie form.

What appeared to be a delightfully different variation to an American classic turned out to be an absolute embarrassment. The pin I found, Apple Pie of Roses, seemed like a doable recipe on the surface and even looked as tasty as it did too pretty to eat.

What a joke.

My bake ware has been soaking for a few days now to get rid of the sticky-sweet crust that burned permanently into my grandmother’s baking dish—a wedding gift to her 63 years ago, no less.

While it’s true my tastes typically run toward exotic fare, I’ve got no beef with a good burger. If you’re looking for a quick and easy meal to reward yourself after a grueling day of class, sometimes a good, old-fashioned cheeseburger is just what you need. I visited five notable Waco burger joints to rate their food: Health Camp, Cupp’s Diner, Kitok’s, Dubl-R Burger and Dave’s Burger Barn.

I’m always down for unconventional ways of making recipes. As soon as I found Lauren Conrad’s 90-Second- Cookies pin a while back, I knew I had to test it out.

Clearly, that was a monumental mistake. Not only did the cookies not turn out at all like the photo, On top of that, it took some time and a lot of elbow grease to finally get rid of the burned cookie residue.

The point of the recipe is to have quick and easy cookies in under 90 seconds. To me, it would have been a lot less trouble to simply pop them in the oven for a few minutes longer.
Lauren Conrad, your cookies were a travesty.

For 31 years, Becky Chollett worked at the Baylor law school as the assistant dean of admissions. She said she recalls her time at Baylor with fondness, saying that her job was rewarding. However, Chollett said her life came to a crossroads a year ago when she felt God’s calling for her to do something different with her time and talent. From there, Chollett said she decided to take a leap of faith and do something she had wanted to do since her 20s—start her own business.

Months of planning and a vintage food trailer purchase later, Chollett now has her own mobile bakery, Vanilla Bean Bake Shoppe, parked at 520 Franklin Ave.

Many people will pull up to a drive-through window at McDonald’s and order a McCafe Frappe Mocha in order to treat themselves or a get a caffeine boost. Coffee shops in Waco, however, believe that they’re offering something more than a quick fix –they say that with their coffee and service they’re offering an experience.

Jessie Harris, store manager of Trailhead Coffee Shop on the corner of University Parks Drive and Franklin Avenue, said there is a difference between the “coffee culture” and the coffee industry. Coffee culture, he said, is more about the attitude behind making coffee, whereas the industry of coffee is more about making profits.