Taking a break from her typical meal of Chik-fil-a chicken, staff reporter Kanz Bitar tried the chain’s newest addition to their menu, mac and cheese.
Ditching the chicken for the new mac and cheese
A very popular fast food restaurant, especially around this area is Chick-fil-A, and even though I’ve been to it a bunch of times, I haven’t tried many things really. I usually get the same thing over and over again, either a regular Chicken Deluxe or the Chick-Fil-A Nuggets but never have I ever gotten the Mac and Cheese, so for this week’s crusade, I decided to go and get it.
I tried to research it to find out what kind of cheese is used, whether it’s liquid cheese, powdered cheese or real cheese but I couldn’t find anything about it. But after I tasted it, I completely thought it was made with powdered cheese. And I don’t think it was mixed in well cause I could still feel the powder with every bite.
It wasn’t that good, it was fine. I don’t think I’ll be getting it again. There wasn’t anything special about it really.
But this doesn’t change my love for Chick-fil-A so I’m still going to go back.
Jaden “Silver” Pearl
In this week’s edition of Artistic Expression, Wingspan sits down with sketchbook artist Jaden “Silver” Pearl as she discusses her passion for drawing.
Name: Jaden “Silver” Pearl
Grade: Junior
Years sketching: 8
Inspiration: tokidoki, anime, fashion design, Instagram and Pinterest artists
Wingspan: When did you start getting involved in art?
Pearl: “I think I was in second or third grade. I used to just draw for fun, and then in fourth grade, I started [getting more serious about it].”
Wingspan: Do you see yourself continuing this in the future?
Pearl: “Yes, I actually plan on selling my designs as a fashion designer. I actually just kind of picked it up when I took the class this year with Ms. Swinnea. I’ve been really interested after learning from her. I used to just sew to sew, but it was really interesting to me that you could use sewing as a career.”
Wingspan: What kinds of art are you most interested in?
Pearl: “I mainly like to sketch but I also sew, do digital art, I cosplay, and I write. I’m also working on two different comics right now.”
Wingspan: What is your favorite thing about art?
Pearl: “I would have to say the creativity. You have to put emotion into whatever world you are creating. Everything you draw is something new. You’re creating everything in this small world and you just kind of build off of that.”
Wingspan: What would you say is the most difficult thing about art?
Pearl: “Organizing. Once you have an idea, it’s easy to hyperfixate on it. And then you find something else and it can become sort of distracting.”
Wingspan: What is your most favorite thing that you have created?
Pearl: “With what I’ve drawn, it would have to be a dragon species that I named ‘spider eyes.’ It’s like a dragon that has eight legs and eight eyes, and two sets of wings.”