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Maya Madsen: Maya’s Cookies   November 25, 2020 Posted by Becca Fink By Annya Apodaca ’22, Priscila Cano ’23, Abby Cota ’22, Valentina Gutierrez ’22, and Valentina Parra ’23 Are you looking for the perfect holiday gift this season? Maya Madsen’s delightfully delicious cookies are the sweetest choice. “Cookies make people happy,” Maya says with a warm smile, explaining her journey to getting her company, Maya’s Cookies, to its current success. Through the trials and tribulations of being a Black woman with a small business and opening her first store during a pandemic, Maya talks about accomplishing her dreams through her...

By PAM KRAGEN NOV. 22, 2020 5 AM Every holiday season, Maya Madsen looks forward to a Christmas ornament party at one of her girlfriends’ homes, where everyone brings their own home-baked treats to share. The Scripps Ranch mother of three is among millions of Americans who love baking cookies during the holidays and exchanging them with friends to double, triple or even quintuple the variety of treats in their family’s cookie jar. But these days, getting a group of friends together to hand-pick sweets from each others’ tins could become a super-spreader event. So Madsen offered some tips on how...

Kayla Wong Welcome back to another Happy Half Hour episode! Today's special guest is Accursio Lota, chef and owner of Cori Pastificio in North Park. Before opening Cori Pastificio, he was the head chef at Liberty Station’s Solare Ristorante for seven years. During his time there, he was presented with the prestigious Tre Gamberi by Gambero Rosso, an Italian award similar to the Michelin star system. Just one year prior, he won the Barilla World Pasta Championships. He’s originally from Menfi, Sicily, and now resides in North Park. Accursio talks to us about his journey opening Cori Pastificio and shares that when you work in the...

Candles, real plant ornaments, and loads more. 🎁😍 by Marquaysa Battle BuzzFeed Staff Maya's Cookies — They're vegan, soft, and very ~tasty~. Heads up: You'll get same-day eating, OK? That means you'll get the box and eat it all on the same day it arrives. That's how good they are. We don't make the rules. 🍪🎁 Maya's Cookies I won't hold out on you, friends. I tried nearly every flavor. Two boxes' worth. They weren't just tasty to me; they were tasty to all six people in the house, with only one of us being an actual vegan. Maya's Cookies is Black woman-owned too,...