Now We’re Cookin’ Rabia’s Sweet Potato Cheesecake
We learn to make sweet potato cheesecake from chef Rabia Kamara (B.S.’10/B), owner of Ruby Scoops Ice Cream and Sweets! You can learn more about her time at VCU and experience owning her own business here. If you’re a chef and would like to be featured in a future episode of Now We’re Cookin’ email […]
The pursuit of ‘hoppiness’: Couple drafts a plan for success, opens Twisted Ales Craft Brewing
By Anthony Langley (B.S.’16/MC) A need for adventure brought Debbi (B.A.’12/H&S; B.A.’12/H&S; Cert.’15/B; M.B.A.’17/B) and Jason (B.S.’17/B) Price to Richmond, Virginia. The couple had lived in California for more than 20 years, but when life started to feel the same, they pulled out a map of the East Coast and threw caution to the wind. “We put our hands together and […]
Alumna finds the sweet spot of success
By Anthony Langley (B.S.’16/MC) Professional chef and owner of Ruby Scoops Ice Cream & Sweets Rabia Kamara (B.S.’10/B) whips up small-batch, locally sourced, handcrafted desserts and baked goods that she sells in the Washington, D.C., area. Kamara was recently named one of the top black chefs influencing the capital’s culinary culture by Spoon University and […]
Strengthening the herd: School of Business program connects students and mentors
By Anthony Langley “I’ve always believed that when we meet new people we learn from their lives, and when we add that to our experiences, we move forward and become better,” says Rita Saleem, a senior studying in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business. In her final year at VCU, she signed up to […]
Red Eye Cookie Co. delivers late-night sugar rush
Brayden Pleasants (B.S.’13/B) craved sweets during his late-night study sessions as an undergraduate at Virginia Commonwealth University. But unless he had a candy bar or stash of cookies tucked away, he couldn’t get his sugar fix. Pleasants, a business major, recognized a potential market and, in March 2014, opened the late-night cookie delivery service Red […]