California Dreamin'
The origin of this type of bread can be traced all the way to ancient Egypt, but it wasn't until miners discovered California during the 1840s Gold Rush that started its slow rise to the style familiar today
Sourdough
Saffron gives the rice its color, the base should be left to crisp into a mouth-watering black crust, called the socarrat
Paella
This pop/R&B singer got her first Grammy award in 2007 for the breakthrough single "Umbrella", was appointed the ambassador of education, tourism, and investment by the Government of Barbados in 2018
Rihanna
London (1908, 1948, 2012)
This California location is home of the second largest naval base in the US and where iconic movies Some Like It Hot (1958) and Top Gun (1986) were filmed
San Diego
Savory pancake stuffed with shredded cabbage, bacon, noodles. In some restaurants, customers are expected to prepare the dish themselves on the tableside grill
Okonomiyaki
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This academy award winning actor was born in Northern California, donated his blood for viral antibody research after recovering from COVID-19 early in the pandemic while in Australia
Tom Hanks
This water sport is one of eight new events that will be making its Olympic debut in Tokyo
Surfing (baseball, softball, skateboarding, sport climbing, 3x3 basketball, karate, freestyle BMX)
In 1939, this computer company was born out of a garage in a house located in Palo Alto, California. Considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley.
Hewlett-Packard (HP)
This silky soft, melt-in-your-mouth summer time dessert is made from soy milk, served cold in a bowl, with ginger syrup, sweet red beans or taro
Tofu pudding (dou-hua)
This Australian actor, best known for his role in the Marvel film series, is also the co-founder of the Laughing Man coffee shops in NYC
Hugh Jackman
Approximately 5,000 medals planned to be distributed at the Olympics are made from recycled electronic products such as laptops and smartphones. One side of the medal shows the Tokyo Olympics emblem, the other side shows a drawing of this figure
Nike, the Goddess of Victory