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different stages of a cake with strawberries in it being baked (bowl of batter, in the oven, baked and decorated, etc.)
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Creative Corner: Baking in a new country

Peak Web May 25, 2024

By: Prerita Garg, SFU Student  When I was eight years old, I moved to Canada from India. Everything felt new and foreign, but the one constant in my life these first few years after moving was my affinity for cakes. As a child, cakes were only available to me on special occasions, like birthdays. These cakes came in multiple flavours and always had flowery designs. Back in my country, I didn’t have an oven, so the process of baking was always unknown to me. Because of my interest in cakes, my mom watched a recipe on TV and tried to…

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Food for Thought: The transformations of adobo

Peak Web May 12, 2024

By: Marie Jen Galilo, SFU Student As a second-generation Filipino Canadian, I grew up eating adobo. My favourite version of adobo is my mom’s “adobong manok,” or “chicken adobo,” which consists of chicken and chicken liver simmered in a savoury…

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A moody illustration of person with long disheveled hair in a dark purple-lit bed room playing a game on a console, things sprawled on the floor and star-themed decor on the wall.
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Video games that helped me cope with health anxiety

Peak Web March 13, 2024

By: Abbey Perley, Assistant Production Editor Content warning: mentions of illness and death. Illness anxiety, previously called hypochondria, is a type of anxiety where the affected person constantly believes they have a serious medical problem. For me, every new freckle…

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Anthropomorphized sweetheart. It’s light pink and has “BE MINE” written on it in red.
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Ms. Valentine Presents: SFU Hookup Locations

Peak Web February 12, 2024

By: Izzy Cheung, staff writer Hello, all you SFU lovebirds! I, Ms. Valentine, have wisdom to bestow on all couples, from  those who met in class last week to the high school sweethearts (congrats on making it this far). Think…

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