OCC culinary team continues to run table...

OCC culinary team continues to run table

Orange Coast College’s culinary arts students are the state

champions for the fifth time in a row, winning the California State

Hot Food Team Competition, which was held Jan. 25 in the college’s

student center and Captain’s Table Kitchens.

The American Culinary Federation sponsored the competition. OCC’s

team will advance to the Western Regional Competition, scheduled to

take place between Feb. 25 and 29 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Last year, OCC earned a gold medal and finished second in the

Western regional contest.

OCC wants book donations for April sale

The Friends of the Orange Coast College Library are seeking book

donations for the group’s annual spring book sale.

The sale will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 14 in front of the

college’s temporary library, which is on the northern edge of campus

in a parking lot off Adams Avenue. The first hour of the sale will be

for members of the group.

Most hardcover books will be sold for $2, OCC librarian Carl

Morgan said. Paperbacks will sell for 50 cents.

Books can be dropped off at the OCC library’s circulation desk

from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and from 8 a.m. to 3

p.m. Fridays. For information, call (714) 432-0202, ext. 21058.